It's true that Buckley is not a stellar interviewer. He and Bozell became friends as debating partners at Yale and he brought this style with him to The Firing Line. The goal for him was less to engage and more to win, though as Jeff points out he ...
I had not seen the "What's My Line" clip before, but it's fantastic! Thanks for the great post, Tim. Throughout so much of the 2008 election cycle, it seemed like many Republicans still yearned for the Reagan brand to be the face of ...
I also cried during the "The Carousel" pitch. I agree with Janet and Kim that the show says a good deal about postmodernity, the ad agency being a perfect setting for such a project. The show itself is glossy and slick and hyperstylized-- fro ...
Janet and Kim, these clips are wonderful. The parallels between Peggy and Joan are so crucial. As established in the first season, Peggy and Joan stand out in the world of Sterling Cooper. While the other women in the office cry in bathroom and indulge t ...
Thank you for this wonderful post, Gary! This seems so fitting to start out a week on Mad Men by examining the opening credits. I find the juxtaposition of the "Falling Man" photo and the sequence to be chilling. I am reminded of another cont ...
And so often, the men of Sterling Cooper are shown alone in darkened offices-- Pete and Don in particular. Until Jeremy's post, it never had occured to me before how much Sterling Cooper inverts the gendering of public and private spaces, or how muc ...
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