![]() And that is half the fun of watching a show - or reading a book, for that matter! Although I didn’t always agree with the author’s viewpoint it was nice to see the show through different eyes and it felt like having a virtual conversation with a fellow viewer. I was reading the chapters (that are rich in details even the most careful viewer is likely to miss) as I was proceeding with the episodes. This book does a great job at pointing them out and offering the author’s thoughts on the complicated relationships and behaviors of heroes that are as obscure and multifaceted as those of any good novel. ![]() I think that Madmen is so much more than an intellectualized soap opera it often borders on a lyrical Cheever-esque novel, heavy on symbolism and allusions. I’ve been doing just that and the book has decidedly enhanced the pleasure. The perfect companion book for die-hard fans of the series who are probably binge watching these days, ever since Netflix announced that it’s going to stop streaming it in June. It's the perfect gift for Mad Men fans and obsessives.Īlso available from Matt Zoller The Oliver Stone Experience, The Wes Anderson Bad Dads, The Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Wes Anderson Collection. New viewers, who will want to binge-watch their way through one of the most popular TV shows in recent memory, will discover a spoiler-friendly companion to one of the most multilayered and mercurial TV shows of all time. Mad Men Carousel is named after an iconic moment from the show’s first-season finale, “The Wheel,” wherein Don delivers an unforgettable pitch for a new slide projector that’s centered on the idea of “the pain from an old wound.” This book will soothe the most ardent Mad Men fan’s nostalgia for the show. Clarke’s restaurant and the old Penn Station the inventions of the birth control pill, the Xerox machine, and the Apollo Lunar Module the release of the Beatles’ Revolver and the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and all the wars, protests, assassinations, and murders that cast a bloody pall over a chaotic decade. The complete series-a ll seven seasons and ninety-two episodes-is covered.Įach episode review also includes brief explanations of locations, events, consumer products, and scientific advancements that are important to the characters, such as P.J. Seitz’s writing digs deep into the show’s themes, performances, and filmmaking, examining complex and sometimes confounding aspects of the series. This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz’s celebrated Mad Men recaps -as featured on New York magazine's Vulture blog-for the first time, including never-before-published essays on the show’s first three seasons. Mad Men Carousel is an episode-by-episode guide to all seven seasons of AMC's Mad Men. ![]()
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