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Mad Men: It’s All About Branding
Posted on July 27, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt’s been almost a year since we last saw the gang at the newly formed Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Pryce. If you’ve been wondering what everyone’s been up to, you’ll have to wait. This first episode of the season centers around our favorite fedora wearing... -
Mad Men returns… along with Ayn Rand
Posted on July 26, 2010 | 4 CommentsI couldn’t believe it when the Season 4 premiere of Mad Men opened with the line “Who is Don Draper?” Too perfect—considering that this time last year I wrote an article on the parallels between Mad Men and Ayn Rand’s famous fictional characters for the Season... -
The Prisoner Confusing, Nightmarish, and Absolutely Brilliant
Posted on November 28, 2009 | No Comments“Remake” and “original” are loaded words. The Prisoner, AMC’s remake of the 1967 British series of the same name, is nothing like its predecessor. Or at least that’s what I’m told—not having seen the first version, I watched the new miniseries with a mind wiped... -
Don Draper, Dr. House, Meet King Midas
Posted on October 20, 2009 | No CommentsLast week’s television line-up triggered a couple déjà vu moments—particularly when both Mad Men (on Sunday) and House M.D. (on Monday) put King Midas in the spotlight. In Greek mythology, Midas, the king of Phrygia, was granted a wish that everything he touched would turn... -
Mad Men and Ayn Rand
Posted on September 17, 2009 | 2 CommentsWith the new season of “Man Men” well under way, I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the parallels between the AMC series’s characters and those in Ayn Rand’s fiction—there has to be a reason, after all, why the eccentric Bertram... -
I’m Bewitched by Thirty Something Mad Men
Posted on September 9, 2009 | 1 CommentTelevision, for some reason, has always had a soft spot for ad agencies. They’re not in the same category as hospitals or police departments, but they are definitely right up there. Ad agencies are attractive for a number of reasons: they’re generally staffed by good looking...