people want to be told what to do so
badly that they’ll listen to anyone
you’re fired go get your things you’ll
be paid within the year
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring Mad Men this American drama
series was developed by AMC and debuted
in July 2007 since its debut it has been
hailed as one of the best cable shows of
all time and has earned endless praise
and awards this includes an Emmy win for
Outstanding Drama Series making it the
first ever basic cable show to be
honored with that distinction set in the
1960s Mad Men is focused on the lives of
the ruthlessly competitive employees of
the Sterling Cooper advertising agency
which in later seasons becomes Sterling
Cooper Draper Pryce that backdrop plays
host to the compelling and ego driven
art of making the sale as depicted
through the life and times of ladies man
and hard-nosed creative director Don
Draper played by Jon Hamm I couldn’t
have said it better myself
Draper is an overconfident and
self-centered strategist who skillfully
markets the American Dream by framing it
as something that can be found in his
clients products
Clearasil you know who buys that young
girls what a difference it makes in
their lives to be blemish-free as the
series opens Don Draper is portrayed as
the man who has it all a beautiful ex
model wife the perfect home and a high
paying job suited to his talents along
the way Draper his underhanded
domination of the boardroom and the
bedroom has been complicated by a
struggle with hypocrisy and his
ever-growing lust for power what do you
want to say they were on the same team
that I’d love being in your unit over
the course of the series Draper wrestles
to adapt to changing times as well as
evolving societal norms and fights as
eager young executives rise to challenge
his position filled with subtext Mad Men
excels at continuously teasing viewers
with the secrets of Draper’s past and
succeeds at portraying him as a man
capable of extreme action both good and
bad what do you do
why are you gonna take care of this
right now it’s some sort of thing like
in the movies where I have a gun and you
don’t think I’m gonna shoot you I will
shoot you I won’t let you hold this over
my head so you would rather blow
yourself up that make me a head of
accounts very rarely can one character
steal the show and keep it this
interesting but Mad Men and Don Draper
achieved this at the same time the show
incorporates a strong cast of supporting
characters from all walks of life
including executives secretaries typists
and mothers chief among these characters
are secretary turned copywriter Peggy
Olson who also stands as a symbol for
strong women I don’t know if all women
are a Jackie or a Marilyn maybe men see
them that way
ambitious account exec Pete Campbell a
man like you I’d follow into combat
blindfolded and I wouldn’t be the first
all right buddy and of course the
morally bankrupt Roger Sterling who is
blessed with some of the show’s best
lines get it off come Turkey Day maybe
you can suffer what is especially
notable about Mad Men is its authentic
presentation of the decade in which it
is set cigarettes are advertised as a
healthy product and lipstick is sold as
a way for women to win their man it
likewise nails the era’s clothing
hairstyles decor technology and current
events and this makes the show one of
the most authentic experiences to ever
grace the small screen Mad Men is
character driven rather than story
driven and it constantly hits the high
notes with humor seriousness and just a
hint of soap opera drama how could it be
Michael Mike comes by mouth it deals
with topics such as racism fidelity
addiction and misogyny while also
pitting the Family Values of the 1960s
against babe chasing boozing and
chain-smoking mmm damn straight
Mad Men has already won the awards and
the praise so maybe it’s time you check
out this incredibly entertaining series
and don’t forget to watch our WatchMojo
profile on Mad Men star Jon Hamm but
they want something else inside some
mysterious wish that we’re ignoring
badly that they’ll listen to anyone
you’re fired go get your things you’ll
be paid within the year
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be exploring Mad Men this American drama
series was developed by AMC and debuted
in July 2007 since its debut it has been
hailed as one of the best cable shows of
all time and has earned endless praise
and awards this includes an Emmy win for
Outstanding Drama Series making it the
first ever basic cable show to be
honored with that distinction set in the
1960s Mad Men is focused on the lives of
the ruthlessly competitive employees of
the Sterling Cooper advertising agency
which in later seasons becomes Sterling
Cooper Draper Pryce that backdrop plays
host to the compelling and ego driven
art of making the sale as depicted
through the life and times of ladies man
and hard-nosed creative director Don
Draper played by Jon Hamm I couldn’t
have said it better myself
Draper is an overconfident and
self-centered strategist who skillfully
markets the American Dream by framing it
as something that can be found in his
clients products
Clearasil you know who buys that young
girls what a difference it makes in
their lives to be blemish-free as the
series opens Don Draper is portrayed as
the man who has it all a beautiful ex
model wife the perfect home and a high
paying job suited to his talents along
the way Draper his underhanded
domination of the boardroom and the
bedroom has been complicated by a
struggle with hypocrisy and his
ever-growing lust for power what do you
want to say they were on the same team
that I’d love being in your unit over
the course of the series Draper wrestles
to adapt to changing times as well as
evolving societal norms and fights as
eager young executives rise to challenge
his position filled with subtext Mad Men
excels at continuously teasing viewers
with the secrets of Draper’s past and
succeeds at portraying him as a man
capable of extreme action both good and
bad what do you do
why are you gonna take care of this
right now it’s some sort of thing like
in the movies where I have a gun and you
don’t think I’m gonna shoot you I will
shoot you I won’t let you hold this over
my head so you would rather blow
yourself up that make me a head of
accounts very rarely can one character
steal the show and keep it this
interesting but Mad Men and Don Draper
achieved this at the same time the show
incorporates a strong cast of supporting
characters from all walks of life
including executives secretaries typists
and mothers chief among these characters
are secretary turned copywriter Peggy
Olson who also stands as a symbol for
strong women I don’t know if all women
are a Jackie or a Marilyn maybe men see
them that way
ambitious account exec Pete Campbell a
man like you I’d follow into combat
blindfolded and I wouldn’t be the first
all right buddy and of course the
morally bankrupt Roger Sterling who is
blessed with some of the show’s best
lines get it off come Turkey Day maybe
you can suffer what is especially
notable about Mad Men is its authentic
presentation of the decade in which it
is set cigarettes are advertised as a
healthy product and lipstick is sold as
a way for women to win their man it
likewise nails the era’s clothing
hairstyles decor technology and current
events and this makes the show one of
the most authentic experiences to ever
grace the small screen Mad Men is
character driven rather than story
driven and it constantly hits the high
notes with humor seriousness and just a
hint of soap opera drama how could it be
Michael Mike comes by mouth it deals
with topics such as racism fidelity
addiction and misogyny while also
pitting the Family Values of the 1960s
against babe chasing boozing and
chain-smoking mmm damn straight
Mad Men has already won the awards and
the praise so maybe it’s time you check
out this incredibly entertaining series
and don’t forget to watch our WatchMojo
profile on Mad Men star Jon Hamm but
they want something else inside some
mysterious wish that we’re ignoring
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