My feelings about Mad Men's Betty Draper were so strong during this season that I began to wonder if they were really about the TV character at all, and not my own mother.
Susan Weissman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
For better or worse, confidence is not Betty Draper's problem. She may be quietly furious but she knows that she is a gorgeous monied honey; a paragon of Kennedy-era femininity.
Janet Turley | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment
The dashing and exciting bad boy ended up being a sh*t husband. Good for Betty. As far as other fans speculating that Henry Francis wants control over Betty, it's too soon to tell for me.
William Bradley | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment
I've always wondered how Mad Men's writers and producers would handle one of the most critical and shattering events in American history, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Elaine Showalter | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books
Collins uses her great sense of revealing anecdotes, engaging personalities, representative case histories, resonant stories, and startling details to defamiliarize a decade we thought we remembered.
William Bradley | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment
"The Gypsy and the Hobo" has significantly stepped up the pace of this season of Mad Men. And it contains the big confrontation we've all been waiting for from the beginning.
guestofaguest.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York
One of the best parts of watching Mad Men (besides the expertly crafted plot and character development) is the perfectly recreated world of 1960s New ...
William Bradley | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment
Last night's "The Color Blue" was a cracking good episode that, after last week's rushed and rather arbitrary plot developments, returned Mad Men to its strongest ground.
William Bradley | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment
Listening to Martin Luther King on the murder of four girls in a Birmingham church, Betty opines that maybe this civil rights thing is premature. But Betty should know that a dream deferred can dry up like a raisin in sun.
William Bradley | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment
This episode was a big showcase for January Jones, a stunning beauty who is also a very good actress. Forget Don, this was the Betty Draper show.
William Bradley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment
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.
William Bradley | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment
Last night's repeat win at the Emmy Awards further enshrined Mad Men as television's best series on a night when it aired a consequential new episode.
William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment
Five major plot developments in this episode -- named for the culmination of Betty Draper's pregnancy -- drive the action forward as we enter the middle of the season.
William Bradley | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment
Season 3's third episode, named for a stunning Roger Sterling musical interlude, is as much about tone as advancement of the plot. And a surprisingly musical tone at that.
William Bradley | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment
We learned more about the characters and the changes taking place in this pivotal year. And we tapped into very contemporary themes about corporate disarray and aging parents.
William Bradley | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media
In the tradition of merging the media beat with whatever pop culture sensation has captured the Zeitgeist, I thought it would be fun to cast the Mad Morning Men (and Women) of Morning Joe. Hey, what else are you gonna do until next Sunday at 10?
William Bradley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Ariston Anderson | Posted 09.11.2009 | Style
The Madison Avenue men tend to drink their whisky straight up or on the rocks, but if you want to have a bit more fun at your own Season 3 premier party, here are a few classic cocktails to satisfy any guest.
Victoria Namkung | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home
While it may seem like watching Mad Men is like opening an archive to the past, I think we watch it because its themes are symbolic to the present.
Lauren Cahn | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment
If you want to know how to succeed in life, then just look to Betty Draper's example.
Lauren Cahn | Posted 09.18.2008 | Style
If you're still not quite over Sex and The City, you might want to think of Betty as what Charlotte York might have been had she come of age in the late 1950's/early 1960's.
Danny Miller | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment