The miscellaneous Era of “Mad Men”
When I first heard about “Mad Men” as a Television Drama for the first time in my Writing 101 class, I visioned a scene where the story revolves around men who were crazy. They probably must have done something awful that needed some critical thinking from a bunch of Freshmen in order to improve their writing. Lauren M.E. Goodlad who is an associate professor of English at the University of Illinois and directs the Unit of Criticism and Interpretative Theory, wrote “Why we love “Mad Men”” with her critical Feminist point of view. According to Goodlad, Don Draper who is the protagonist in “Why we Love “Mad Men””, is not true to what he acts like or says in the public. He acts like he is a feminist when he …show more content…
Frank explains that in an episode of “Mad Men”, Don Draper takes his family to a picnic and “they’ve driven to the park in his brand-new 1962 Cadillac, with food and drink in the”cooler, and at the end of the episode, they simply toss their trash on the ground and leave” (Frank 5). Frank does not think this is right because during this time, advertisers were working on a campaign called “Keeping America Beautiful”. This scene totally contradicts with what the advertisers were aiming to accomplish and it is absurd for the media to have such a huge contrast between what they say they want to do versus what they are actually doing. “These people are bad. Not only do they litter, they smoke- on airplanes, or when they 're pregnant” He thinks that the attitude or the people in Mad Men depicts extreme level of ignorance. It is more exaggerated than the reality of that time. Goodlad also says what other say “For some viewers, the secret of Mad Men’s success is the measure of watching characters who don’t know, as we do, that “change is gonna come”(Goodlad 439).The dangers of smug, cigarettes and booze are not emphasized and it is taken lightly unlike Frank’s idea. As she is more concerned that due to all these addictions, women were mistreated and disrespected in mad men. Women in the show are irresistibly …show more content…
After watching two episodes of Mad Men, I recollected the era of how rich men puffing their cigarettes were deemed manly. It was as if they would not be considered a man if they do not smoke a puff. Women were treated poorly and they lived in fear about their husband leaving the family for another women as it was very common to get divorce. Women had to strive living under their husband’s salary. Event though, some women were independent and ran their own companies, they were constantly belittled and thrashed upon for sharing their ideas and points of view. Frank believes that this allows the audience to romanticize the time period of how men were after the Economic Collapse of the United States in 2008 when they did not have money but only time to spare. “Mad Men” was a source of happiness and dream for most men who wanted to live a lavish life like Don in the show. They watched what they could not achieve and fantasized the art of being a man and having control of everything. Not only them, but “Mad Men” also takes us back in time which brings nostalgia. Since many of us do not live a lifestyle like drafted in the show, it allows us to remember the change we have brought now in comparison to our shallow minded past. On the other hand, Goodly believes that this kind of shows and reminder of the
When I first heard about “Mad Men” as a Television Drama for the first time in my Writing 101 class, I visioned a scene where the story revolves around men who were crazy. They probably must have done something awful that needed some critical thinking from a bunch of Freshmen in order to improve their writing. Lauren M.E. Goodlad who is an associate professor of English at the University of Illinois and directs the Unit of Criticism and Interpretative Theory, wrote “Why we love “Mad Men”” with her critical Feminist point of view. According to Goodlad, Don Draper who is the protagonist in “Why we Love “Mad Men””, is not true to what he acts like or says in the public. He acts like he is a feminist when he …show more content…
Frank explains that in an episode of “Mad Men”, Don Draper takes his family to a picnic and “they’ve driven to the park in his brand-new 1962 Cadillac, with food and drink in the”cooler, and at the end of the episode, they simply toss their trash on the ground and leave” (Frank 5). Frank does not think this is right because during this time, advertisers were working on a campaign called “Keeping America Beautiful”. This scene totally contradicts with what the advertisers were aiming to accomplish and it is absurd for the media to have such a huge contrast between what they say they want to do versus what they are actually doing. “These people are bad. Not only do they litter, they smoke- on airplanes, or when they 're pregnant” He thinks that the attitude or the people in Mad Men depicts extreme level of ignorance. It is more exaggerated than the reality of that time. Goodlad also says what other say “For some viewers, the secret of Mad Men’s success is the measure of watching characters who don’t know, as we do, that “change is gonna come”(Goodlad 439).The dangers of smug, cigarettes and booze are not emphasized and it is taken lightly unlike Frank’s idea. As she is more concerned that due to all these addictions, women were mistreated and disrespected in mad men. Women in the show are irresistibly …show more content…
After watching two episodes of Mad Men, I recollected the era of how rich men puffing their cigarettes were deemed manly. It was as if they would not be considered a man if they do not smoke a puff. Women were treated poorly and they lived in fear about their husband leaving the family for another women as it was very common to get divorce. Women had to strive living under their husband’s salary. Event though, some women were independent and ran their own companies, they were constantly belittled and thrashed upon for sharing their ideas and points of view. Frank believes that this allows the audience to romanticize the time period of how men were after the Economic Collapse of the United States in 2008 when they did not have money but only time to spare. “Mad Men” was a source of happiness and dream for most men who wanted to live a lavish life like Don in the show. They watched what they could not achieve and fantasized the art of being a man and having control of everything. Not only them, but “Mad Men” also takes us back in time which brings nostalgia. Since many of us do not live a lifestyle like drafted in the show, it allows us to remember the change we have brought now in comparison to our shallow minded past. On the other hand, Goodly believes that this kind of shows and reminder of the