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Literature, Media & Entertainment

Mad Men Under Occupation

It would seem as though Don Draper’s dalliance with a prostitute in last week’s episode, as out of character as it felt for him (or rather as an indication of how low the man has sunk over the past 11 months), was a sign of things to come in this episode. His advertising company, Sterling [...]

Literature, Media & Entertainment

Mad Men, “Public Relations”: The Rebranding of Don Draper

Last night’s Mad Men episode, which kicked off the show’s fourth season, starts with a question: “Who is Don Draper?” Isn’t that what the show’s been exploring for the past three seasons? Mad Men has always been about identity, especially from a marketing and advertising perspective, as characters struggle to shape and manipulate the way [...]

Literature, Media & Entertainment

Doctor Who: Rewatching The End of the World

  As the latest season of Doctor Who, airing on Saturdays at 9:00 PM EST on BBC America, winds down, I’ve been revisiting the first season of its new incarnation. This 2005 season is available to watch online via Netflix Instant Watch. The second episode of Doctor Who, “The End of the World,” serves as [...]

Literature, Media & Entertainment

Rewatching the Ninth Doctor: Rose

Doctor Who is a British science fiction TV show that first aired in 1963, featuring an enigmatic alien adventurer known only as “The Doctor,” who travels through time and space encountering various friends and foes and helping those in trouble. He travels — generally with at least one human companion — in the TARDIS, an [...]

Gender & Feminism

We’re All Freaks, Baby: Glee Goes Glam

As a high school comedy-drama celebrating the outcast community, Glee has its roots in 80s shows like Fame and Square Pegs, as well as 90s favorites My So-Called Life and Freaks and Geeks. There are times when Glee is best enjoyed as a 40s or 50s era MGM musical: don’t worry so much about the [...]

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