The sound is a little muffled but the pitch is crystal clear: Mad Men’s Don Drap sells Facebook’s latest innovation, Facebook Timeline.
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Mad Men isn’t sexist, just accurate
Don’t get angry at Betty Draper’s weak housewife character: Mad Men is the most feminist show on television because it accurately portrays how women were treated without a rose-tinted history, writes Stephanie Coontz.
How Mad Men brings peace to the culture wars
Cult TV show Mad Men focuses on a highly contentious time in American history: the early 60s, post Happy Days and pre free love. It’s a good antidote for the anti-60s — and its sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll — crew.
If Don Draper was selling Twitter
A clever mock-up of vintage style advertisements spruiking new media. How would have Facebook been sold in the 1960s? “For leisure or labour…” says the tagline.
Stop trying to recreate Lantana, just make an Aussie Mad Men
This should have been a bumper year for Aussie films, with titles like Balibo, Mary and Max and Blessed, but realistically the profits aren’t that large, writes Lynden Barber. Should federal funding instead go to more profitable television dramas and digital channels?
The best Mad Men web spoofs
As we all eagerly anticipate the return of Don, Peggy, Pete, Betty and the gang to our screens for the third series of Mad Men, check out the best spoofs of the show that have surfaced online.
Mad Men style: the secret goss behind the typewriters
Mad Men is known for its slick visual styling, but where do all the props — from magazines to vintage taxicab meters — come from? Prop master Scott Buckwald dishes all the fascinating dirt, including how to remake an original Coke can.
Look sharp, Mad Men returns for season 3
The third season of Mad Men is fast approaching. Time to slip into something sharp, pick up a stiff drink and get ready for the charms of Don Draper.
Is Mad Men a feminist show?
Despite its endorsement of womanising, sexism and traditional gender roles, Mad Men’s creator Matthew Weiner insists that the show is feminist, simply because it doesn’t shy away from the truth.
Very disturbing vintage ads: into the minds of mad men
What do murder, pedophilia, suicide and a baby tiger have in common? They’ve all starred in these amazingly disturbing vintage ads!
Meet the mind behind Mad Men
Creator Matthew Weiner tells Rolling Stone about Season Three and the inspirations behind the show’s twists and turns. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.
