Tag: Mad Men
Good Girls Revolt: The Mad Men of the News Room Setting
Though Good Girls Revolt didn’t manage to make it past the hurdle of getting a season two renewal on Amazon, it nonetheless triumphed in capturing the hearts [Read More…]
Golden Globes 2016: More Interesting Than Last Year
Award shows can always go one of two ways: utterly drab or a complete shit show. In the case of this year’s Golden Globe Awards, [Read More…]
Don Draper Uses Meditation For Advertising, Betty Smokes Till The End & Peggy And Joan Hit Their Stride
It’s been a long time coming, but the conclusion of Mad Men has finally happened. A fairly neat wrapping up of events (or at least [Read More…]
The Atlantic Publishing “Ken Cosgrove’s” Short Story Marks Another Sad Day for Writers
All the way back in the fifth episode, “5G,” of Mad Men, a young Kenneth Cosgrove (Aaron Staton) elicits jealousy from his co-workers Pete Campbell [Read More…]
No One Hates Betty Draper-Francis More Than Matthew Weiner
It is said that sometimes we hate the thing we create. In Matthew Weiner’s case, that thing is the elegantly neurotic Betty Draper (January Jones), [Read More…]
Joan Holloway: Representing the Pretty Girl Plight in the Workplace
After the long anticipated premiere of the final half of season seven of Mad Men, we had almost forgotten that there was so much more [Read More…]
Mad Men and The Ruination of the Modern Perception of the Sixties
With Mad Men‘s fast approaching (and final) return on April 5th, fans and critics alike can’t help but revisit seasons past for a refresher course [Read More…]
A Tale of Three Bettys: Hofstadt, Draper and Francis
While it is generally assumed that Don Draper is the master of reinvention on Mad Men, in truth, it is Betty Hofstadt/Betty Draper/Betty Francis. Starting [Read More…]
TV’s Best Thanksgiving Episodes
Even for the most adamant haters of Thanksgiving (see: Chandler Bing), one can always take comfort in enjoying the crème de la crème of television [Read More…]
Suppression, Or A Betty Draper Thanksgiving
When it comes to the holidays, and Thanksgiving in particular, it’s important to take a fat Betty Draper/Betty Francis approach: eat daintily, if at all. [Read More…]
