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Suicide and Mad Men
Jake DiMare takes a look at the male dominated epidemic of suicide through the lens of AMC’s Mad Men. I felt nearly breathless after last night’s hauntingly beautiful episode of Mad Men. Perhaps you...
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Mad Men’s Writers Offer Insights to Sunday’s Grim Episode
Slate.com ran an open letter yesterday from Mad Men writers Andre and Maria Jacquemetton regarding Sunday night’s incredibly sad, but very well done episode featuring the suicide of Sterling Cooper...
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Dear New York Times: Of Course Men Are Manly Enough
Kaleb Blake wades through “essentialist crap” on masculinity in The New York Times’ new roundtable discussion. I stumbled upon a series of articles on the New York Times today titled, “Room for Debate:...
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“If men want to teach their kids survival traits that’s fine, but don’t teach...
This is a comment by Kaleb Blake on the post “Poll: Why is Our Society Obsessed with Modern Men and Manliness?“ “The problem that I had with the Don Draper peice in the NYT article, and with the...
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What Is a Good Man?
Tom Matlack finds that defining goodness is not science, it’s art. The further I get into this good men thing, the less I feel like I know. For quite a while now I have been committed to the idea that...
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Poll: Why is Our Society Obsessed with Modern Men and Manliness?
Clearly, our society is currently obsessed with modern men and manliness, why? By now, most of you have read or heard about The New York Times “Room for Debate” opinion page section that debated this...
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TV’s New Golden Age and Why Homeland Won’t Be Remembered
Greg Olear had high hopes that Homeland would join the ranks of the truly elite television dramas. Here, his criteria for what makes a TV show superb. [Ed. note: this piece assumes a familiarity with...
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Why Toy Collectors Need to Share Their Toys with Their Kids
What once were collectibles are now…toys?!? Toy collector Tom Burns breaks down by opening his collectors items and playing with his daughter When I was a kid, parents did not own “toys.” Maybe...
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Frustrated With Your March Madness Bracket? So Are the Characters in Mad Men...
Did your Cinderella team not make the final four either? See your favorite characters debate and lament in “March Mad Men”. While I don’t personally know much about basketball, this video is perfect...
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The Collaborators: The Mad Men Guide to Raising Children
Ben Tanzer recaps Mad Men’s third episode of Season 6, and comments on the ways in which raising kids is just like being a character in AMC’s hit series. Mad Men is correctly noted for its spot on...
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Mad Men, Episode 5: Shot Rings Out In the Memphis Sky
Matthew Norman risks drifting into wide-eyed fanboy territory when he admits that forty-five minutes in, Episode 5 becomes something special. Fade in. Peggy, her back to the camera, stands looking...
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Mad Men, Episode 6: Despite Being a Complete Jerk, Don Draper is a Hero Once...
Joanna Schroeder recaps and rips into this week’s episode of Mad Men: Season 6, Episode 6. - We open on Joan’s breasts. I know I’m not supposed to say that, but if we’re being honest, there is only...
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Don Draper: Man With a Plan
Cynthia Hawkins dives into episode 7 of Mad Men, observing the notable change in Don Draper when he goes from ordering Sylvia around to begging her to stay. - Close-up of a glowing elevator button....
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Mrs. Antihero
We love to watch bad guys on TV. Why do we love to hate their wives almost as much? “I guess that’s why gangsters have molls.” That’s what scumbag attorney Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) said to his...
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The Zen of Don Draper’s Frown
Jon Hamm’s compassionate sneer manages to capture the Zen koan of Draper’s ambivalent soul. I pick up different accents and mannerisms with relative ease. After spending some time in Europe or Asia...
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Men, You Get To Have Your Feelings, Too
Being more stable and open with our feelings contributes to a better relationship. And a better self. I recently experienced what some would call an emotional breakdown. The hippie, new-age Cali girl...
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Details and ‘Favors’– Mad Men, Episode 11
Cynthia Hawkins looks into the secrets and conspiracy theories behind Mad Men’s 11th episode in Season 6. Because Matthew Weiner has me scrutinizing even the wallpaper patterns of the Mad Men sets in...
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The Big Babies of Mad Men, Episode 12
Don Draper is in the fetal position, Ted Chaough is blinded by love, and the agency is divided: JD Schraffenberger dives into Mad Men, Season 6, Episode 12. Don Draper is a big baby. At least that’s...
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Is Neil Patrick Harris Gay Enough?
Is anything lost when a prominent gay man becomes a symbol of hetero-masculinity? Neil Patrick Harris. If you are a white male between the ages of 18 and 27, you probably just conjured up a whole load...
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Mad Men Season Finale – It’s All Fun and Games Until They Shoot You In the Face
Tom Gualtieri recaps Mad Men Season 6′s finale and insists that it’s time for everyone to take some responsibility. The men of Madison Avenue have, for six seasons, appeared more like bad little boys...
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