Mad News, August 13-18
- This is straightforward: If You’re Not Watching Mad Men, You’re Crazy.
- City Beat of Cincinatti compares Mad Men to the Dark Knight. Which is cool. h/t to Basketcase Peter G.
- The Atlantic has the most amazing contemplation of Mad Men:
There’s a “Is it all worth it” quality to Mad Men which I love–like you’re cheering for Betty to move up, and yet at the same time you’re thinking, “Move up into what?” Into puking into office garbage cans?
Definitely read the whole thing.
- Variety ponders the influence of the critics on Emmy voters, using Mad Men as their prime example.
- 411mania’s McGuffin DVD Review takes on Mad Men season 1, loves the series and the DVDs, and offers their top ten moments of season 1:
