Talk:Mad Men/Archives/2012/10

Characters/Don Draper

This was brought up a couple of years ago, according to the archives, but doesn't seem to have been addressed or changed. In the characters/lead characters section for Don Draper, it states that "Draper's real name is Richard "Dick" Whitman; during the Korean War, he assumed the identity of Lieutenant Don Draper, who was killed in front of Whitman, by switching their dog tags, because Draper was due to be sent home, and Dick could avoid further combat that way." I don't think this is an accurate summary of why he switched names. He took on Draper's identity in order to escape his home life and to avoid having to go back. This is both implied throughout the series, and explicity stated by Draper/Whitman himself several times (when talking to Adam in the season 1 episode "5G," when Adam asks Don why he left and hid under the new name. He says, "I couldn't go back there.") Not only does it get the facts incorrect, but it paints Don/Dick in a completely different (and inaccurate) light. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.77.204.84 (talk) 17:27, 21 May 2012 (UTC)