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Mad Men: "Seven Twenty Three" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Military Draft, Liberal Republicans, Nelson Rockefeller, Robert Morse, Jon Hamm, New York, Elisabeth Moss, Andy Warhol, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, Advertising, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, Rockefeller Republicans, John F. Kenendy, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Environmentalism, David Ogilvy, Conrad Hilton, Mad Men Episode Recap, Mad Men Recap, Mad Men Season Three, Entertainment News
William Bradley

What "Seven Twenty Three" is is Don Draper's Waterloo. Or I should say, Dick Whitman's Waterloo. That's the day in 1963 on which Don Draper/Dick Whitman gets lassoed.

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Mad Men: "Out of Town": Season 3 Opener Satisfying If Not Scintillating

William Bradley | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fringe, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, Betty Draper, Don Draper, January Jones, Robert Morse, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Bert Cooper, Elizabeth Moss, Amc, London Fog, Sal Romano, Richard Harris, Bryan Batt, Entertainment News
William Bradley

A satisfactory if not scintillating opener for the third season of Mad Men. The show captures the air of uncertainty that grips today's U.S. economy, and hints at major culture clash ahead.

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Mad Men Returns: The '60s Advertising Drama Is A Time Tunnel To the Present

William Bradley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Christina Hendricks, Pete Campbell, Joan Holloway, Jon Hamm, Robert Morse, Camelot, Elizabeth Moss, Bryan Batt, Sal Romano, Roger Sterling, James Bond, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, David Chase, Bert Cooper, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Vincent Kartheiser, The Sopranos, British Invasion, Sean Connery, Richard Nixon, 1960s, Madison Avenue, New York, Advertising, Entertainment News
William Bradley

There are a number of ways to view Mad Men. For my own part, I can take it as a period piece, a sort of time capsule of the early '60s, at once relatively close yet far enough away to be intriguing for its unfamiliarity.

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