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Mad Men –“A Night to Remember”
“A Night to Remember” September 14th, 2008 Describing Betty Draper to the representatives from Heineken, Duck Phillips identifies her as “well off and educated.” Now, in the context of the scene, we...
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2009 Emmy Award Predictions: Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Predictions There is no tougher category to predict than this one, where it is actually possible that all six nominees could come from only two shows, and chances...
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Mad Men –“Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency”
“Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency” September 20th, 2009 If I had to suggest a single challenge in writing about Mad Men each week, it’s often where precisely to begin. Mad Men is a show defined by...
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Handicapping the 2010 Emmys: Drama Acting
Handicapping the 2010 Emmys: Drama Acting June 3rd, 2010 On the drama side of things, there’s fewer trends that we can follow through to the nominees than there are in comedy. There, we can look at...
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The Trick is to Actually Watch TV: The 2010 Emmy Nominations
The Trick is to Actually Watch TV: The 2010 Emmy Nominations July 8th, 2010 The Emmy nominations (which you can find in full here) are less a sign of what’s truly great on television and a more a sign...
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And Your Winner, by Submission…: Analyzing 2010’s Emmy Tapes
And Your Winner, by Submission…: Analyzing 2010’s Emmy Tapes July 15th, 2010 Last week, I wrote a piece for Jive TV which described the next step in the Emmy Awards process, and the ways in which this...
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Season Premiere: Mad Men –“Public Relations”
“Public Relations” July 25th, 2010 “It was going great until it wasn’t.” Mad Men has always been a series grounded in duality, logical since Dick Whitman’s double life represented the central conflict...
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Mad Men –“The Good News”
“The Good News” August 8th, 2010 I spent a good half hour stumbling over how to start confronting this episode before eventually deciding to sleep on it, and upon waking up this morning I discovered...
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2010 Emmy Award Predictions: Supporting Acting in a Drama Series
Supporting Acting in a Drama Series August 23rd, 2010 The complete lack of a frontrunner in neither Supporting Actor nor Supporting Actress in a Drama Series isn’t particularly surprising: these...
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Mad Men –“The Summer Man”
“The Summer Man” September 12th, 2010 “All he knows of the world is what you show him.” There has always been a disconnect between Don Draper’s external persona and his internal struggle, but this...
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