Mad Men Season 5 Poster (PHOTO)

To promote season five, the powers that be at "Mad Men" HQ have released a minimalist teaser poster of a silhouetted man mid-fall, printed with the season's premiere date (March 25) in what super fans will recognize as the show's characteristic font. To some, the main image is simply a screengrab from the show's graphic opening credits. To others, it's a tasteless reminder of 9/11. Either way, it's got people talking. Sounds about right for a show about an ad agency.

"Mad Men"s fifth season debuts on AMC with a 2 hour premiere on Sunday, March 25.

[EW via Laughing Squid]

Comments

[Christian Moreton]

10:30 PM on 03/13/2012

We must retire the numbers 9 and 11 from use. They are painful memories of a terror attack that was allowed to happen by a corrupt and porn addicted Government. No really, how many people at the Pentagon were actually looking at smut during the attacks?

[jaredbrain]

01:02 AM on 03/13/2012

This ad is obviously a vast government conspiracy to cancel Mad Men.

[Jack Barron]

10:03 PM on 03/12/2012

Uh Oh. The 9/11 fetishists are upset.

[Nicci Clayton]

02:10 PM on 02/01/2012

Obviously an homage to Saul Bass.

[Kid Notorious]

08:39 PM on 01/30/2012

I have to say, as a huge Mad Men fan I have never correlated the intro credits and 9/11 until I read this. Yes, there are some parallels. But me, being sane, had it never cross my mind.

[smallandnerdyworld]

11:56 AM on 02/01/2012

Spot on you are.

[ichooslif]

02:21 AM on 01/30/2012

Jesus. Obviously this is a nod to the credits. The credits which depict a man in a suit falling after his office crumbles around him. A symbol, obviously, representative of Don Draper's world falling apart as he sinks further and further into the madness of anonymity. My guess is the poster is letting on that season five is going to see Don Draper's inevitable demise...in the late 1960's....decades before 9/11 would even be a remotely relevant issue to allude to... Again. JESUS.

[Simondj]

12:38 PM on 01/28/2012

A controversy full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

[DC Vote]

03:35 PM on 01/27/2012

I think there are a lot of ways to see someone falling from a building other than 9/11. I've always wondered if it a foreshadowing of where the series is going... if we are watching Don Draper's "awakening."

[Stephen Steffes]

10:20 PM on 01/26/2012

Get. Over. It.

[Rep Tilean]

07:37 PM on 01/26/2012

I've only heard news media claim people have complained. I haven't heard or read individuals commenting about it being "creepy," "insensitive," or "reminiscent of 9/11." I've been on various news sites reporting this story. And I use "reporting" loosely as no one I know or has commented claiming these things. News is crap these days.

[cwbates]

04:19 PM on 01/23/2012

Oh for god's sake. 9/11 doesn't have a monopoly on falling men. Get a life.

[auntlisa]

04:02 PM on 01/23/2012

How does this in any way remind anyone of 9/11? am I missing something?

[TheEmptyMonty]

05:47 PM on 01/23/2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falling_Man

I don't agree that this should be seen as a reference to 9 11 but that's what some people are talking about.

[auntlisa]

10:36 AM on 01/24/2012

Thanks - I didn't even make the connection. I appreciate the link though, to refresh my memory. (I still don't see it, though).

[GayinOmaha]

12:37 PM on 01/23/2012

Have these "outraged" people seen the introduction to the show? It has the same falling man. Gasp!

[littlepuffycloud]

12:12 PM on 01/23/2012

Oh My Gosh..

9/11 never occurred to me...

[Megan Cors]

09:41 AM on 01/23/2012

Oh you have got to be kidding me!!!!! This is absolutely ridiculous!!!!! People just want to find anything and everything to complain about. Some people are just so stupid, it's from the opening in EVERY episode. Please go find an actual controversy to complain about and get some lives!!!!