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'Mad Men's' Sally Draper: A Child Will Lead Us
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyThe superb young actor Kiernan Shipka, in her fourth season playing Don and Betty Draper's long-suffering child, Sally, on the AMC hit series "Mad Men," is maturing from her early days as a Mighty Milk endorser and as a performer ("I'm very method when I'm on set, when I'm in the scene . . . "). The nearly 11-year-old seems to be having a good year in her budding career. The character Shipka plays, sixth-grader Sally Draper, is having a tough coming-of-age experience, however. As the brutal season of disappointment and loss hits Don's shaky creative business (soon to be reorganized as ...
An Ode to 'Mad Men's' Maddest Mother
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyLizzie, I loved the story of your bad mother-daughter moment over Barbie and how you both talked about it later. Your story and The Atlantic's criticism of "Mad Men" in this month's issue reminded me that I haven't yet written an ode to the show's most emblematic mother, Betty Draper. She is the best characterization I've ever seen of the '50s and '60s mothers I knew. In those days before the words "child-centered household" had ever been heard, the idea that a child might be spoiled was considered a much greater danger than that a child might not be fully expressing his or her feelings. ...
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