Mad Men Is Back!

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Mad Men is Back!

Twenty years after studio executives rejected it, Mad Men is finally on HBO. Much to its chagrin, the cable network passed on the groundbreaking series, which debuted on the second-tier network AMC on 2007 and went on to win 16 Emmys, including 4 for Outstanding Drama.

Now a whole new generation is finding it along with its original audience, who are taking another look. Advertising never looked so sexy, clever, or cut-throat. But does the series have anything to say about toxic masculinity in the 1960s, about the culture clash between the Rat Pack and the Woodstock generation? Were privileged white New Yorkers really that oblivious to the civil rights, gay rights and “women’s lib” movements? Did people really smoke that much?

Join us for a three-martini lunch as Jim and JB discuss the return of a modern classic!

This week's Headquakes and vital links:

Is Mad Men just for white folk? An essay in the NYT by Maya Phillips sheds much-needed light.

Read Food & Wine’s excellent coverage of the SCOTUS tariff decision, reported by Ray Isle.

Explore anticipatory-crisis strategy with Michele Wucker.

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