I have recently become plugged into the Mad Men TV production. It takes place in a New York ad agency in the early 1960's and roughly corresponds with my first career in N.Y. with a major publishing firm. As a new
college graduate in a new career I was instructed in the art of Martini drinking and it's merits for acquiring clients and selling our products which were textbooks to college professors.
The Mad Men series, which I'm embarrassed to admit I'm addicted to like a housewife to a soap opera, portrays that era of drinking, smoking, pill-taking, psychoanalysis, big gas-eating cars, and where women,the chicks, in an office situation were fair game for a slap on the ass with no fear of a lawsuit. The series even shows rampant littering. It was definitely was not a time for 'pack it in, pack it out.' I remember throwing a bottle or can safely out the car window when finished. "Did you hear Adeline was killed driving drunk" and its variations were heard to which a shocked listener usually responded: "That's so sad." Neither the speaker nor the listener had a sense that the drunk driver was responsible. mostly it was attributed to 'bad luck.'
At Blockbuster where I returned the dvd of Mad Men, the young clerk said "That is such a cool series." I asked her if she could identify with the culture of that time. She said "They took alot more risks, but they had alot more fun."
Do I recommend watching Mad Men? I usually multitask while watching TV--book in hand,etc--not with Mad Men when I am totally glued to the screen looking for small details which are pitch-perfect and bring back feelings of nostalgia. But be warned Mad Men is very dark, very depressing. By season 3 where I am at now there is no portrayal of a person leading a spiritual life other than a few Catholic characters to follow church rules and confess their sins on a regular basis.
college graduate in a new career I was instructed in the art of Martini drinking and it's merits for acquiring clients and selling our products which were textbooks to college professors.
The Mad Men series, which I'm embarrassed to admit I'm addicted to like a housewife to a soap opera, portrays that era of drinking, smoking, pill-taking, psychoanalysis, big gas-eating cars, and where women,the chicks, in an office situation were fair game for a slap on the ass with no fear of a lawsuit. The series even shows rampant littering. It was definitely was not a time for 'pack it in, pack it out.' I remember throwing a bottle or can safely out the car window when finished. "Did you hear Adeline was killed driving drunk" and its variations were heard to which a shocked listener usually responded: "That's so sad." Neither the speaker nor the listener had a sense that the drunk driver was responsible. mostly it was attributed to 'bad luck.'
At Blockbuster where I returned the dvd of Mad Men, the young clerk said "That is such a cool series." I asked her if she could identify with the culture of that time. She said "They took alot more risks, but they had alot more fun."
Do I recommend watching Mad Men? I usually multitask while watching TV--book in hand,etc--not with Mad Men when I am totally glued to the screen looking for small details which are pitch-perfect and bring back feelings of nostalgia. But be warned Mad Men is very dark, very depressing. By season 3 where I am at now there is no portrayal of a person leading a spiritual life other than a few Catholic characters to follow church rules and confess their sins on a regular basis.
