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by Tristan J Nankervis Don Draper is a genius ad-man. In the first episode of Mad Men, this is played as an ability to pull the magic answer to an immediate problem out of thin air; this is a traditional approach to genius in American pop culture across any field. Usually, it’s played as either […]
Don Draper becomes the best thing a person can be: observed.
TV Countdown
With a long way to go, part 2 of our look back at the decade in TV takes us through 25 more shows
What if five of the antiheroes of the Golden Age of television met in a bar?
Mad Men and The Shield show two directions to take with a story that starts out of equilibrium.