jacqueestorozynski Review of Mad Men

Mad Men (2007–2015)

Welcome to the world of a 60s advertising agency peopled by sexist drunks

[8/10 · 14 March 2022]

I only recently came to this series and was really enjoying it although I did get tired of episodes with all the sex scenes as they became boring. Additionally, I can't believe that women would work with sexist pigs as they ones in this ad agency were. I worked in a similar environment in that period and although women were treated like secretaries and chatted up they weren't subjected to sexual harassment. By Series 6 Don morphed into a really unpleasant character and there was too much time filling with dinners, dream sequences and trips to Hawaii etc. It was clever that they bought in factual news events and showed the reaction from the people in the world at large. However, I don't know how they ever came up with any advertising schemes as the staff spent most of the time asleep in the office or drinking. I also had a problem with Don's lady friends as in the early series they all looked alike and I couldn't tell one from the other. I think the show should have ended earlier as it went on too long and became tired with too much repetition.