This never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened. Returning to business as usual is less traumatizing, even if it inflicts damage on others. The hall of mirrors adds one more glass pane: Here we are in the pandemic of , watching Mad Men , and then pausing to check out our own national catastrophe on a different kind of screen.
Is the rest of the house in play or only one room? The daily slog continued for Don and Peggy and Betty and Roger Sterling and Joan Harris and Harry Crane and every other character on the show, no matter what world-shaking event was happening beyond the front doors of their homes and workplaces. As the U. Peggy and her boyfriend Abe worried about crime, noise, and vermin in their new apartment.
Pete destroyed his marriage to Trudy and tried to repair it. Teenage Sally Draper worried about clothes and boys and her place in the world and took care of her mother as she struggled with cancer. She kissed a boy on the night of the moon landing. Even when life stands still, it goes on. And even as he gets worse with every season, there is some part of you that cares about him, and wants to see his good side come out.
Pete is complicated and is played so well by Vincent Kartheiser that you kind of forget that they're separate people. Peggy starts off the series as Don's secretary, and she was chosen because Joan knew that Don wouldn't want to sleep with her. And although Peggy and Don never have a sexual relationship or date each other, their friendship is one of the most romantic relationships on television. Don took Peggy in. Don was there for Peggy in one of the worst moments of her life surprise Pete Campbell baby , and he guides her throughout her career.
He's her toughest critic, and she's tough on him, too. They are tough on each other because they love each other. But their relationship always remains platonic, which makes it more beautiful than any other relationship on the show, or in TV in general. Everything on this show means something, from a pile of papers out of focus in the background, to a character's tie. The show is written and produced very much like a book. It's a literary journey, because it dives deep into these characters.
Every episode feels like a new chapter, and every scene a new page. Every episode and season of "Mad Men" has a theme, and the writers leave a lot up for the viewers to interpret, but show enough that we understand what's happening.
Matthew Weiner and his team of writers definitely took advantage of their captivating characters and incredible actors. They made some episodes that focused on secondary characters, and some that only focused on the main cast, so each episode feels like a short story in a book collection that all tied together in the end. Standout episodes that emulate the short story include "Three Sundays" season two, episode four , "The Suitcase" season four, episode seven , and "Signal 30" season five, episode five.
The costumes, the makeup, the hair, the sets. Set in the s, it would have been easy for "Mad Men" to go cheesy. But it didn't. With a great team that did a lot of research, the show felt all the more real because the world looked just as real as the characters felt. In the earlier seasons, Peggy isn't hip and doesn't quite know how to dress or style her hair.
But instead of the typical just throwing a pair of glasses on the actress, and revealing how beautiful she is when she finally takes them off, it took some time for Peggy to grow her personal style and confidence. And to get rid of those awful bangs. Everyone on this show is excellent. Initially, Draper is the creative director at Sterling Cooper, but after proving himself and double-crossing several of his associates , Draper goes on to become a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce advertising firm.
While Draper is the central character, there are a lot of other interesting characters who make an impression. Peggy Olson, played by Elisabeth Moss , is one character that really resonated with fans. We'll go first. Critics not only praised Mad Men for the acting and writing but for the production design and visual styling as well.
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