A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Embracing Mad Men Already

Embracing Mad Men Already

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John Mendelssohn
Aug 30, 2010
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Embracing Mad Men Already
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I’ve finally managed, after two years of feeling as though trying to push a Chrysler Imperial up a steep hill, to learn to enjoy Mad Men. Not for a millisecond do I think it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad, or The Sopranos, for which its implacably giggly (DVD special features, you see) creator used to wr…

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