Mad Men: The Complete Collection [DVD]

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Thompson, Derek (April 3, 2015). "The Mad Men Effect: The Economics of TV's Golden Age". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020 . Retrieved April 16, 2020.

Weiner collaborated with cinematographer Phil Abraham and production designers Robert Shaw (who worked on the pilot only) and Dan Bishop to develop a visual style that was "influenced more by cinema than television." [24] Alan Taylor, a veteran director of The Sopranos, directed the pilot and also helped establish the series's visual tone. [29] To cast an "air of mystery" around Don Draper, Taylor tended to shoot from behind him or would frame him partially obscured. Many scenes set at Sterling Cooper were shot lower-than-eyeline to incorporate the ceilings into the composition of frame; this reflects the photography, graphic design and architecture of the period. Taylor felt that neither steadicam nor handheld camera work would be appropriate to the "visual grammar of that time, and that aesthetic didn't mesh with [their] classic approach"—accordingly, the sets were designed to be practical for dolly work. [24] Finances [ edit ] Dietz, Jason (December 12, 2012). "2012 Television Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic . Retrieved August 10, 2023. Hibberd, James (December 11, 2009). "Nielsen's Top 10 TV Shows of 2009". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011 . Retrieved December 17, 2009. Mad Men: The Drama Behind the Drama That Changed TV". TV Guide. March 19, 2015 . Retrieved August 23, 2023. The 20 Best TV Dramas Since 'The Sopranos' ". The New York Times. January 10, 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019 . Retrieved January 10, 2019.Mad Men is widely considered one of the most influential shows in the medium's history, and it had an important impact on television history. It raised the profile of AMC, and it was the first series on basic cable to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning a record four times, tied only with Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, The West Wing and Game of Thrones for most wins in that category. Mad Men 's success allowed AMC to greenlight other series, such as Breaking Bad, and it also inspired several other networks to launch their own prestige drama series. As a result, many TV critics credit Mad Men and AMC with starting a new wave of Peak TV. [154] [155] [156] [157] Many elements of the show were commended including its unique episode and season structures, subtle and atmospheric tone, exploration of feminism, attention to detail and its overall approach regarding history. [158] [159] [160] Any true substance is confined to the bonuses - the moving tribute to forgotten freedom fighter Medgar Evers; in full, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech; the lid off how the tobacco industry promoted a habit increasingly recognized as so harmful; the part advertising played in the 1964 Johnson-Goldwater Presidential campaigns: women seeking a fair deal in the workplace. Much else besides. Lambie, Ryan (June 17, 2010). "Why 'Mad Men' is the best show on TV". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012 . Retrieved March 14, 2012. A Chicago Sun-Times reviewer described the series as an "unsentimental portrayal of complicated 'whole people' who act with the more decent 1960 manners America has lost, while also playing grab-ass and crassly defaming subordinates." [111]

James, Emily St. (July 19, 2017). "Mad Men didn't change TV as much as you'd expect. It's time to fix that". Vox . Retrieved August 23, 2023. Engoron, Nelle (July 23, 2010). "Why Mad Men is bad for women". Salon. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011 . Retrieved November 14, 2010. Dietz, Jason (December 16, 2014). "Best of 2014: Television Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic . Retrieved August 10, 2023. The 50 Best TV Dramas of All Time". Complex. March 20, 2013. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015 . Retrieved March 30, 2015. The fifth season premiere, " A Little Kiss", was the most watched episode of Mad Men of all time to date, receiving 3.54 million viewers and 1.6 million viewers in the 18–49 demographic. Before the fifth season, Mad Men had never achieved above a 1.0 in the 18–49 demographic. Charlie Collier, AMC's president, said that:The show also received critical praise for its historical accuracy– mainly its depictions of gender and racial bias, sexual dynamics in the workplace, and the high prevalence of smoking and drinking. [13] [27] [113] [114] Oldenburg, Ann (December 3, 2010). " 'Glee' and 'Mad Men' influence Top Baby Names of 2010". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012 . Retrieved September 29, 2012. Andreeva, Nellie (September 23, 2012). "2012 Primetime Emmys: 'Mad Men's Historic Shutout". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012 . Retrieved September 25, 2012. The fifth anniversary of the series finale this month coincides with a global pandemic, during which many viewers are revisiting the show, or watching it for the first time. For those seeking a critical companion, we’ve gathered the best of our Mad Men coverage in one place. The season-one recaps here are republished from Mad Men Carousel. ( Editor’s note: Vulture was slow to catch on to Mad Men and did not recap season one.) Recaps of seasons two through four were written by my former colleague Logan Hill, who preceded me at Vulture on this particular beat. I recapped the series beginning in season five and continued through the finale. Most of them were written in the moment, without the benefit of an advance screener, and often published within hours of an episode’s debut. As a result, they can have a spontaneous quality and occasionally offer speculations about future plot developments that were eventually validated or proven wrong (sometimes wildly so).

The main Mad Man is the confident womanizer Don Draper, who is head of the Creative department at a mid-sized ad agency in 1960s Madison Avenue. I admit, at first I kind of hated him, but as the viewer learns more about him and his past, I learned to - not love him exactly - but like him and want to watch him endlessly. He is a complicated character who can be a very good man, but also a very bad man. Goodman, Tim (July 23, 2010). "TV Review: Identity key as 'Mad Men' starts". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011 . Retrieved March 14, 2012. Television commentators have noted the series's study of identity. This theme is explored most candidly through Don Draper's identity fraud during the Korean War, in which he takes on an officer's name to desert the army. Tim Goodman considers identity to be the show's leitmotiv, calling Don Draper "a man who's been living a lie for a long time. He's built to be a loner. And over the course of three seasons we've watched him carry this existential angst through a fairy-tale life of his own creation." [57] As noted by Gawker: [58] The nostalgia for the fashions and social norms of the early 1960s engendered by Mad Men was criticized by some commentators. Amy Benfer, writing in 2009 for Salon, asked, "But isn't it a little odd that a show that, among other things, warns about the dangers of seeing the past in too amber a light has spawned an industry devoted to fetishizing nostalgia for that same flawed past?" [175]

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Kamin, Debra (March 15, 2017). "HBO Topper Richard Plepler Talks Hubris, Passing on 'Mad Men' at INTV". Variety. Archived from the original on April 15, 2018 . Retrieved December 17, 2017. The third season premiere, which aired August 16, 2009, garnered 2.8 million views on its first run, and 0.78 million with the 11:00pm and 1:00am repeats. [124] In 2009, Mad Men was second in Nielsen's list of Top 10 timeshifted primetime TV programs, with a 57.7% gain in viewers, second only to the final season of Battlestar Galactica. [143]

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