Nov 17, 2009 0
Conventional wisdom on Mad Men is that there are two sides of the main character: 1) Don, the smooth-talker who sleeps around and plays it cool, and 2) Dick, the defenseless country boy who shies away during confrontations and altogether seems weak. I reject the distinction.
Aug 18, 2009 0
The key plot turn of the first episode of Mad Men’s third season concerns Pete Campbell and Ken Cosgrove battling to become Head of Accounts, but the obvious most important moment is when Don catches Salvatore Romano with a shirtless man in his Baltimore hotel room. Salvatore is rightfully terrified, knowing that Don could end his successful career with one word to his fellow partners at Sterling Cooper. Then, on the flight back, Don asks him about an idea for the London Fog campaign as if nothing had ever happened. Salvatore is safe, and we seem to have a case of one man who passes in his own life empathizing with another who must do the same. Except Don and Salvatore have to do very different things in order to pass.
