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- What the Mad Men writers
insist on remembering
August 13, 2009 02:12PM - What 'Mad Men' writers forgot
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lot of anger re family,
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what e…”
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that it is true. I am a
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and it's embarassing. The
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publisher, I sincerely hope
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doesn't
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August 31, 2009 07:21PM
Jean Goldstrom's Links
August 13, 2009
What the Mad Men writers insist on remembering
"Look at you!"
This exhortation pops up in almost every chapter of the Mad Men series. Why? I have no idea. It was not a frequently-spoken phrase in the early 1960s, at least not where I was hearing phrases (East… Read full post »
What "Mad Men" writers forgot
The depiction of the late 1950s and early 1960s is indeed on target in this TV show. What a repressive era! I shudder just viewing the show, because I lived through that era. It was just as awful as depicted in "Mad Men." But there's one… Read full post »
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