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10-07-2022, 08:00 PM
https://www.looper.com/1043561/peggy-olsons-best-and-worst-mad-men-scenes-ranked/
BY DUNCAN CARSON/OCT. 7, 2022 12:58 PM EDT
Elizabeth Moss had arguably the hardest role to play on "Mad Men" as second-billed lead character Peggy Olson. No matter how badly Don Draper (Jon Hamm) behaves, he's protected by his status as the main character of the show. The audience is primed to find him sympathetic. Don is also a cipher for the story itself, which explores the changing spirit of the 1960s and the corrupting influence of Madison Avenue. It's the rest of the cast, with Peggy in the lead, that makes "Mad Men" feel like it takes place in a recognizably human world. Normal people have to keep going to work when Don Draper disappears on a whim.
Over the course of seven seasons, Peggy acts as our real point of view character. She goes from being a nervous secretary to a confident copy chief, transforming herself several times in the process. Her style evolves with the years, and always speaks to Peggy's unique sensibility. Peggy is, in many ways, an avatar of the aspirational feminism of the '60s and '70s — but she also always feels like a flawed, human character. In celebration of this complexity, we're ranking Peggy Olson's 7 best and 7 worst "Mad Men" scenes.
BY DUNCAN CARSON/OCT. 7, 2022 12:58 PM EDT
Elizabeth Moss had arguably the hardest role to play on "Mad Men" as second-billed lead character Peggy Olson. No matter how badly Don Draper (Jon Hamm) behaves, he's protected by his status as the main character of the show. The audience is primed to find him sympathetic. Don is also a cipher for the story itself, which explores the changing spirit of the 1960s and the corrupting influence of Madison Avenue. It's the rest of the cast, with Peggy in the lead, that makes "Mad Men" feel like it takes place in a recognizably human world. Normal people have to keep going to work when Don Draper disappears on a whim.
Over the course of seven seasons, Peggy acts as our real point of view character. She goes from being a nervous secretary to a confident copy chief, transforming herself several times in the process. Her style evolves with the years, and always speaks to Peggy's unique sensibility. Peggy is, in many ways, an avatar of the aspirational feminism of the '60s and '70s — but she also always feels like a flawed, human character. In celebration of this complexity, we're ranking Peggy Olson's 7 best and 7 worst "Mad Men" scenes.