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Mad Men’s “Public Relations”: The Rebranding of Don Draper

Don Draper Mad Men Season 4 Public Relations

Last night’s Mad Men episode, “Public Relations,” which kicked off the show’s fourth season, starts with a question: “Who is Don Draper?” Isn’t that what the show’s been exploring for the past three seasons? Mad Men has always been about identity, especially from a marketing/advertising perspective, as characters struggle to shape and manipulate the way [...]

August 4th, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

Mad Men Under Occupation

Lee Garner Jr and Don Draper of Mad Men

It would seem as though Don’s dalliance with a prostitute in last week’s episode, as out of character as it felt for him (or rather as an indication of how low the man has sunk over the past 11 months), was a sign of things to come in this episode. Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is [...]

August 4th, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

Skirting the Issues of Mad Men

Mad Men Women: Betty, Joan, Peggy

It is hard for me now to imagine watching the very first episode of Mad Men four years ago and thinking, “This is an incredibly slick and gorgeous production, but I’m not sure I need to watch vintage misogyny when I get a daily dose of 21st century misogyny as it is.”
I was taken aback [...]

July 24th, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

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