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Mad Men - Season 2, Episode 9: "Six Month Leave"
1. Hoss, The Elevator Operator -- Anytime an African-American actor is featured on this show, its for a reason. It's August 5th, 1962, and Marilyn Monroe has just died. Secretaries across the Sterling Cooper office are sobbing, Joan Holloway is isolated in Sterling's office to cope with the pain, and even Hoss, the elevator guy, is affected by the death of this superstar. Why show us Hoss's reaction? Because it shows us that EVERYONE feels the effects of Marilyn's death to some degree-- e...
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Original at chicagotribune.com
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Original at memles (WordPress)
• Mon, Oct 27
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Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Original at lippsisters.com
• Thu, Oct 23
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Mad Men - Season 2, Episode 9: "Six Month Leave"
Original at mediamm (WordPress)
• Mon, Sep 29
By Media Maven 1. Hoss, The Elevator Operator -- Anytime an African-American actor is featured on this show, its for a reason. It's August 5th, 1962, and Marilyn Monroe has just died. Secretaries across the Sterling Cooper office are sobbing, Joan Holloway is isolated in Sterling's office to cope with the pain, and even Hoss, the elevator guy, is affected by the death of this superstar. Why show us Hoss's reaction? Because it shows us that EVERYONE feels the effects of Marilyn's death to some degree-- everyone except Roger Sterling and Don Draper, the two guys who pretty much rule the world. It's a fascinating juxtaposition, and I think it only serves to make Don appear more heartless than he already does. But more on that later... [read the full post]
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Original at memles (WordPress)
• Mon, Sep 15
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'Mad Men': Episode 8, 'A Night to Remember'Original at The Watcher
• Mon, Sep 15
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By Tempo The second half of Season 2 of “Mad Men” is where it’s all happening. Betty didn’t wilt. That’s one of the reasons I love “Mad Men” – we saw who Betty was when the show first began. She’s not that woman any more -- the frightened child who backs down.
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Original at madmenmad (WordPress)
• Thu, Jul 3
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Original at Chicago Tribune
• Wed, Apr 2
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Original at Chicago Tribune
• Fri, Dec 14
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Original at Brill & Eric Watch TV
• Mon, Jul 16
By Brill We review what may turn out to be our favorite series of the summer, AMC’s “Mad Men” (premiering Thursday, July 19), about early 1960s American society against the backdrop of a New York ad agency (photo, left). Finally, we consider the implications of a BET lunch accompanied by a gospel ch...