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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': Must They Be Unhappy All the Time?
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyI'm contradicting myself, I know. "Mad Men" is great because its fictional world nods knowingly at America of the 1960s, the dramatic changes and social movements from feminism to civil rights. That was my take last season. But after watching the first show of the new season, I'm thinking, "More escapism, please." The characters aren't just flawed, they're unpleasant and mean. That may be true to the tale, but as bedtime viewing goes, it's none too soothing. Peggy Olson, the secretary-turned-copy-writer, once made her way through an all-male advertising jungle, talent barely hiding awkward ...
Mad Men: We Married Joan
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyWell, we all wanted to when she sang a little French song with her little squeezebox – hey, that's what the AMC blog is calling Joan Holloway's gorgeous red-and-pearl accordion. Ooh-la-la indeed.AMC is offering an exclusive to iPhone users: A behind-the-scenes look at the singing and dancing on Episode 3 of Season 3 of "Mad Men," titled "My Old Kentucky Home." Perhaps this iPhone exclusive is a foreshadowing. Traditional media, with massive debt and plummeting ad revenues, is perplexed on how to become relevant again. One answer might be to offer subscribers something they can't get ...
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