![]() ![]() But it’s also easy to see their lives through rose-colored glasses at times - with how often the various lifestyle choices are romanticized. Yes, it’s easy to see that life and think that’s not for you. I think a question that will continue to get asked down the road is whether that was a good thing or not, whether we should see this portrayal of people drinking pretty much every day, smoking cigarettes all the time and having a life that consists of getting burned out on your job. Mad Men is a love letter to work, one that is unapologetic about ambition, money, and greed. ![]() At times, the characters in the show make it seem like success at work can solve all their problems, but it’s that hunger for success that creates many of them. He remains distant from all else but work, to the detriment of a family member, his wives, his children and his coworkers. His life crumbles around him, multiple times. As she climbs the corporate ladder and finds success in her profession, her life typically falters because she prioritizes her job above all else. Peggy has a falling out with a boyfriend because she’s working. Sure, you see Don Draper’s family, his personal mishaps, and you get a nice change of scenery with settings in California, Hawaii and elsewhere, but the one aspect of the show that stays consistent pretty much throughout is that the characters’ wins and losses are either from their work, or consequences of it. Whereas some shows attempt to capture the full scope of life in equal measure, Mad Men did so without ever veering away from its main focus: work. The attention to detail - everything from the newspapers, cars, clothes, signs and storefronts, to the songs and the references - really makes it seem like you’re inhabiting a past era. Since then, I’ve probably watched most of the episodes at least a couple of times. ![]() Mad Men has been a critically acclaimed show for so long, and it has been available on Netflix for so long, that its longevity and appeal led me back to it.Īround high school, I gave the show another shot and was hooked. One of the first shows you could watch online instantly was, you guessed it, Mad Men. My family later caved and got a Netflix account years later. I enjoyed it I just didn’t really grasp what was happening for a lot of the time until I got older.Įventually, Mad Men became too hard to ignore. There was also the hassle of having to buy each individual DVD without my parents finding out just how adult of a show Mad Men was. I remember staying up late in my room and watching it with the lights off, trying to figure out its many references and snappy dialogue.Īs I kept watching, I think one too many things went over my head before I stopped watching. I got my mom to buy me one of the seasons in a TV box set, before anyone in my family had Netflix.įrom there, I was interested, even though I didn’t quite get it. But there was a luxury about it that caught my eye. When I first started watching Mad Men, I was probably too young to be doing so. In June, Netflix said goodbye to one of its shows that, for me, encapsulates the service almost as a whole: Mad Men. Mad Men starring Jon Hamm left Netflix in early June 2020 ![]()
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