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Tv Club Mad Men, Season 5 Rich Sommer on how Harry Crane has always been kind of a jerk. By Rich Sommer Posted Monday, May 21, 2012, at 03:31 PM ET This is the thing about Harry: I don't actually think he's changed much. A lot of people talk about how different he's become over the five seasons, about how he's more of a jerk now than he used to be. Maybe I'm quibbling with semantics, but my take is that his ever-ascending status allows him to open up a bit more, and allow himself to be more of who he has always been. It's a silly "actor thing," that we're not supposed to judge our characters. I'm not supposed to say that Harry can be a prick most of the time. I'm supposed to say that he's just "misunderstood," or that you guys just don't know what's happening with him underneath, or something. Meh. I think he was always a bit of a jerk. I don't like him any less because of it, or like playing him any less (that's for goddamn sure). I just think that if you look back at the early seasons, and see how he interacted with Paul/Pete/Sal/Ken/Don/Peggy/Joan/et cetera back in the day, he's pretty much the same guy with a different job title. He wears suit separates and straight ties now, but he's doing the stuff he always would have done had he been in a higher office position. He's a nerd who got on the TV train at the right ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate It's Stupid To Prosecute Insider Traders. Just Fine Them a Ton of Money. A Map That Shows Poverty Is Getting Worse Almost Everywhere Who Would You Rather Have Baby-Sit Your Kids: Obama or Romney? What About Change Your Tire?	Advertisement
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