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Mad Men

By on March 25, 2012



Tonight.

It’s been a long wait for the beautifully photographed, carefully etched characters and gender plot lines to return.

Everyone has a favorite television drama, soap opera or crime drama series.

“Homeland” is my favorite, one thing I have in common with Pres. Obama. When George W. Bush said his favorite book was Lonesome Dove, my antipathy towards his presidency made me rethink my choice that it was also mine.

Culture is personal.

There’s “The Good Wife,” and going back to cable also “Dexter,” and who can leave out “True Blood”?

But there’s no equal to the stylings, sexual angst, and emotionally fraught, gooey nature of “Mad Men.”

If you’ve never imbibed, catch up with the recap below.

About Taylor Marsh

Veteran political analyst and author. Former Miss Missouri, Broadway performer, & relationship consultant at the LA Weekly, produced a one-woman show titled "Weeping for JFK."
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6 Responses to Mad Men

  1. Lake Lady March 25, 2012 at 7:18 pm #

    This week’s Newsweek does homage to Mad Men with a retro edition. It’s fun, all ads and copy are 60s vintage.Several articles compare the times.

  2. fangio March 25, 2012 at 8:14 pm #

    Ah! Women the way Republicans always wanted them to be. Now look whats going on; women making more than men, more highly educated than men. ” The Horror! “

    • whitepaw March 25, 2012 at 11:03 pm #

      I now make more than my husband… as of last year’s tax returns… Oh the HORROR… But he is good with it… I think he loves me for it….even more than he did before! ;)

  3. LiberalJoe March 25, 2012 at 9:53 pm #

    I was growing up in the late 50′s/early 60′s ( I was 8 going on 9 when JFK was killed) and some of the the things I remember vividly are the way my parents entertained- drinks, everyone smoking cig’s, the laughter and confidence of men who fought and won a world war and women who were stirring out of the old traditional ways.The older guys on the block just before Vietnam exploded.

    I’ve never watched Mad Men but I know the era.well in some way. My Dad owned a saloon (do they still call bar’s saloons anymore). I drink Manhattans because that was one of the drinks that was standard ( my Mom drank them my dad drank martini’s).

    Lonesome Dove is one of my fave books also. I’m also a big Elmore Leonard fan and as such “Justified ” is must see TV for me-I love that show.

    Enjoy the show tonight.

  4. whitepaw March 25, 2012 at 10:58 pm #

    Ahhh.. I love them BOTH.. (Mad Men… and The Good Wife)… But I will watch The Good Wife live……. and watch Mad Men later (they just made me wait too long!). Actually am DVRing them both… but as of now, The Good Wife takes precedent for me.!

  5. whitepaw March 25, 2012 at 11:08 pm #

    And…Jon Hamm…is…. well……fine!!!…. He gives me fever….etc…etc..etc..