Original artwork, not a still
You were expecting me to be a man. My father was, too.
— Mad Men ‧ 2007
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker points out that the person before them assumed a man would appear, then adds that their own father assumed the same. It is a composed, slightly wry rebuke: the expectation was not just a stranger's but familiar even from someone close to them.
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