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'Mad Men': A New Life for Shape-Shifter Don, But It's the Women (Mostly) Who Move On
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyLast season, the "Mad Men" finale -- giddy with the promise of a new year and a new agency – pointed to better days ahead. The end of the marriage of Don and Betty Draper came as a long-overdue relief, more bittersweet than bitter. No wonder this season came as a bit of a shock. Hope gave way to the pain of consequences, accompanied by much drinking, smoking and casual sex. When last seen, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce was circling the drain. On Sunday, I feared and expected a melodramatic cliffhanger, with double doses of despair and perhaps a grand gesture from the resident unexploded ...
'Mad Men': Going the Distance
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIt's sobering to show the end result of three-martini lunches followed by afternoon belts of Scotch from the bottle in the office drawer. But this mad fan of "Mad Men" was still a bit shocked to see (and hear) the increasingly dissolute Don Draper on his knees head down in a toilet bowl. After pulling off last week the clever trick of awarding Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce -- the fictional agency of "Mad Men" -- a CLIO award while on another channel the series itself won another Emmy, the show returned this week to the dark side. Then it pulled off the even better trick of moving the two ...
'Mad Men' and the Evolution of the Office Party
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyDon't dress too provocatively. Don't drink too much alcohol. Don't talk too loud. Don't do anything that might embarrass you in front of the boss. Today's rules for the office holiday party are dizzying. (That's right. You can't even call it a Christmas party anymore.) When it comes to the office party, is newer better? What's the point of a year-end celebration if you can't, as the saying goes, let your hair down? In modern times, does no smoking and no drinking add up to no fun? "Mad Men" on Sunday revealed a glimpse of the parties of Christmas past: free-flowing alcohol, conga lines ...
Don Draper's Dapper -- You're Just Pathetic
By Joe Peacock - AOL News(March 31) -- You guys know how I love made-up words that would accurately describe a niche culture based on two other niche cultures (like "hegans")? Well get ready for a great article, because a few more cropped up this week. Apparently, there are now "retrosexuals" who are returning to the styles and looks of the '50s and '60s. Basically, these are pathetic men who feel empowered by the woman-chasing, smoking-in-offices escapades of Don Draper on "Mad Men." And the recent resurgence of this type of man is being called the "Menaissance." Guys, are you aware that there is stuff happening ...
Christina Hendricks: Full-Figured Never Looked Better
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyClothes look good on thin bodies. But thin bodies naked? Not so much. Naked full bodies is another matter. Or near-naked, a la actress Christina Hendricks in a corset on the cover of New York Magazine. Hendricks, a breakout star of AMC's hit show "Mad Men," is undeniably beautiful. She's also a different body type than we're used to seeing in the glamor factories of Los Angeles and New York. But then "Mad Men" is a period drama, set half a century ago. It may be relevant that most fashion designers are gay men. Thin women look more male than their voluptuous counterparts in the general ...
Takin' Care of Business: The Can-Do Women of 'Mad Men'
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIs the newly chastised Don Draper more attractive than the old Master of the Universe? The one-two punch of the final episodes of AMC's "Mad Men" landed with devastating force. The penultimate episode, film director Barbet Schroeder's moody contribution, stripped the slick ad man bare. This week's finale saw Don – gasp – growing, trying to make peace with those he has disregarded and disrespected. OK, it's because he was forced to, but isn't that why most of us change? Who would have thought that real-life relevance would come wrapped in 1960s glamour? At first, the device of ...
'Mad Men's' Lessons on Food Policy
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe heat-and-serve meals seen on "Mad Men" don't often inspire me to much food policy thought, but I did appreciate "Mad Men's" very own Soylent Green moment this week when, upon learning what brand of dog food his puppy was eating, a focus group attendee cried out, "Ponies! They make it out of ponies!" After which the dog food company executive calmly observed to the surrounding Sterling Cooper staff that horse meat seemed to have acquired a bit of a branding problem. Likewise, the meat we eat also suffers from a branding problem, namely that we don't think about it enough in terms of ...
'Mad Men': Atomic Secretaries and Feminine Mistakes
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyHorse meat! And a thump on the head. We here at Woman Up are back on the "Mad Men" beat. ...
A Resounding Thump on 'Mad Men'
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyHas Joan Holloway been sneaking a peek at Betty Friedan? After all, "The Feminine Mystique" was published in 1963, the year in which this season of "Mad Men" is set. Friedan explored the dissatisfaction of the era's housewife, the vague unease that there was more to a happy life. She called it the "problem that has no name." Well, it has definitely had a sound on this week's "Mad Men": "Thwack." Former Sterling Cooper head secretary and all-around superwoman Joan (remember she's the one who tied a tourniquet for the poor gent whose foot got chopped), is settling down to another night of wine ...
Don Draper and James Grady's Dante Reflect Our Own Infernos
By Michelle Brafman - Politics DailySoon my 30-day Netflix trial will end, and I will have caught up on Seasons 1 and 2 of "Mad Men." While time consuming and a bit jarring, simultaneously watching old and new episodes of the show illuminates the breadcrumbs the writers dropped to lead us to Don Draper's current juicy pickle. ...
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