In memoriam to Bertram Cooper
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Channel: Sergey Safonov
Views: 472,585
Rating: 4.7401738 out of 5
Keywords: Mad Men (TV Program), Bertram Cooper, Robert Morse (Theater Actor), bow tie, socks club, bravo, inspired, OG, Bert, Back to work
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Length: 112min 46sec (6766 seconds)
Published: Tue Jun 03 2014
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I've watched this whole thing multiple times ever since I found it on youtube. I'm not ashamed.
As soon as we met Bert, I knew he'd die before the series ended. I didn't realize how much his death would impact me until it happened, though.
The best things in life, they're free.
The senior partner at my firm is a Bert Cooper. I wonder if there's one in every office...
Heβs usually hanging out in the lobby because he didnβt have an office ...on the flip side, when he did have a office, heβd sit and eat pudding.
Bert Cooper was always good for the quotes of wisdom or conversations that always made you say "wait, what did he mean by that?", like there was always a thinly-vieled meaning or concealed message hidden underneath everything he was saying, and it was up to the character (and the audience) to figure it out
However, because of this, most of his scenes at first left me generally confused and unsatisfied, like I was too dumb to understand what his point is. After multiple rewatches and research sessions delving into exactly what he was saying, I feel I can now finally enjoy him in all his glory, even though I think he's still at his best when he's being direct like telling Pete "who cares?" and not so much when he's telling Don that he's gonna be "wearing his tuxedo a lot more", if that makes sense
Either way, wish we had more of Bert towards the later years, especially the 1v1 conversations with Don, just so someone way smarter than I could delve deeper into his psyche and character and would be able write a fascinating piece on how he essentially is an all-too-realistic depiction of a cold, calculating, and ruthless CEO
ALSO: shout out to Robert Morse, who absolutely killed it every time he was on screen as Bert. He was able to hide Bert's Ayn Rand-callousness under a layer of warmth and homeliness, which really helped amplify the shock you got when you did witness one of his more cutthroat moments. I always found it funny that (arguably) Morse's most famous role was in the 1967 comedy How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying where he played J. Pierrepont Finch, a window-washer who quickly ascends his way to the top of a powerful company all thanks to his charm, scheming, and tenacity. Sound like someone familiar? (Also great movie BTW, funny and heartfelt and will give you super Mad Men vibes even though the tones are drastically different)
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