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Mary, I am so with you on rooting for a lot more consideration to come Carla's way at the Draper household, but in the history of the era, 1963 was still a segregated world. Appallingly, even the queen of soul didn't get much R-E-S-P-E-C-T until...Carla, Roger and Racial Stirrings on ‘Mad Men’
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In the Draper household, Carla the maid is not happy. Not only does she not have a last name, but Betty's dad, who has moved in, gets her first name wrong. She sternly corrects him, and we know the show is saying, "It's 1963."
Well, we all wanted to when she sang a little French song with her little squeezebox - hey, that's what the ‘Mad Men’s’ Hidden Tip for Online Dating
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The WomanUp women are lining up for and against "Mad Men," with quite a few wondering what the fuss is over. Jill is both distraught and compelled by the 1960's sexism, and Mary, Donna and I are happy to recreate each achingly slow, mid-century...
‘Mad Men’: Roger Sterling’s Love Train
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I just watched Episode 4 of "Mad Men," and now I've got both feet on board the Roger love train.
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Filed under: Woman Up, Culture‘Mad Men’: Real, but not Always Authentic
Like Donna, I appreciate it when "Mad Men" stays harshly true to its time -- even when it showcases the narrow-mindedness of my favorite character, Roger Sterling, seen in literal and figurative blackface.
Yet Sunday's episode also dipped into self-indulgence that - for the first...
‘Mad Men’: His Right Foot
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How very topical. Who knew the corporate mindset of squeezing pennies and demoralizing staff went back 50 years?
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Why ‘Mad Men’ Beats ‘Dancing With the Stars’
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While switching from the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night to catch the latest episode of "Mad Men" (more on that elsewhere in WomanUp), I finally conceded reluctantly that the new kid on the block -- the entertainment concept Americans...
‘Mad Men’ Competes With Itself at the Emmys
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I'm right there with my colleague Donna Trussell on the meta-moments of Sunday night: The characters in AMC's "Mad Men" competed in real time with the show's actors and writers over at the Emmy awards. Delicious!
And like Bonnie Goldstein, I prefer the make-believe. But that's...
