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The “Mad Men” character Don Draper is modeled after the ad men of yore, shining up even the dullest products to seductively woo the consumer’s attention. The show also focuses on the inherent sexism of the industry at the time, and women’s battles to have their ideas heard and recognized.
One real-life woman who accomplished just that is Kitty D’Alessio.
We can thank Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks for not only pop culture’s recent warm embrace of womanly curves, but also a newfound appreciation for redheads. A natural blonde, Hendricks has dyed her hair since adolescence, notes a New York Times article chronicling the fashionable return of the redhead.
Like a lot of you, I recently watched the season finale of AMC’s “Mad Men,” the absolute best television show in which nothing actually happens. I got to wondering what a modern day Don Draper might apply himself to (aside from, obviously, sleeping around, drinking and smoking). Perhaps he’d use cutting-edge science for the good of advertising? Consider these two real-life possibilities. Each takes high-tech science and uses it to shill a product.
As you may have noticed, Cristen and I love referencing “Mad Men” on this blog; in fact, I’d like to think we are having an unofficial contest to see who can mention it more often. I bring it up today because last night’s episode showed Don Draper and his children watching a solar eclipse. Like most things on “Mad Men,” the event of the eclipse and the warnings to protect one’s eyes were fraught with all sorts of double meanings that I won’t get into here. So let’s discuss something more basic — were the Drapers viewing the eclipse correctly?
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