View Full Version : “Mad Men” hijacked by metaphors


TMC
05-05-2014, 04:08 PM
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“The Monolith,” (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/05/05/mad_men_s_2001_a_space_odyssey_the_kubrick_allusions_and_references_of_the.html) last night’s episode, was "so over-the-top symbolic, it’s practically literal,” as Logan Hills puts it. PLUS: “Mad Men” may have entered the Peggy Olson era (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/05/mad-men-enters-the-futureand-maybe-the-peggy-olson-era/361677/), last night’s episode was pretty terrific (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-mad-men-the-monolith-meet-the-mets) once it stopped being cute with the symbolism, and last night’s episode vs. the real 1969 (http://gothamist.com/2014/05/05/unpacking_last_nights_mad_men_7.php).
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#KyvwllpOYFO3dhZ7.99