Mad Men (2007)

Wikidata Q223977, series, IMDb tt0804503: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only series by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

Also said as Mad Men (TV): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Rewatchables

Came from

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No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

The Ice Storm: 2 lines theme ×1 contrast ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Mad Men. Kevin Kline's out-of-step character parallels late-series Don Draper, uncool as the 70s change.
    “that's basically the Kevin Klein character in this, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:54 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Gone Girl: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (persona contrast): Mad Men → Gone Girl. The speaker argues Hamm's Don Draper unknowability would sit on the surface where Affleck's reads as real doubt.
    “Ham would be affecting a thing that just exists on the surface of Affleck.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:33:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

John Slattery: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): John Slattery → Mad Men. Casting a Mad Men guy as a 1960s mogul was a smart move; same swagger.
    “You cast a guy out of Madman to play a guy from the 60s.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:17:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Royal Tenenbaums: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (nostalgia-for-unlived-era): The Royal Tenenbaums → Mad Men. Both romanticize an era their audience didn't live through, with tactile detail.
    “something like Mad Men, which we obviously didn't live through”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:07:35 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): John Slattery → Mad Men. Casting a Mad Men guy as a 1960s mogul was a smart move; same swagger.
    “You cast a guy out of Madman to play a guy from the 60s.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:17:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Mad Men. Simmons notes Mad Men never had a key party, just chronic adultery.
    “Mad men never had the key party, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:22 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (persona contrast): Mad Men → Gone Girl. The speaker argues Hamm's Don Draper unknowability would sit on the surface where Affleck's reads as real doubt.
    “Ham would be affecting a thing that just exists on the surface of Affleck.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:33:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Mad Men. Kevin Kline's out-of-step character parallels late-series Don Draper, uncool as the 70s change.
    “that's basically the Kevin Klein character in this, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:54 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (nostalgia-for-unlived-era): The Royal Tenenbaums → Mad Men. Both romanticize an era their audience didn't live through, with tactile detail.
    “something like Mad Men, which we obviously didn't live through”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:07:35 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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