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10 of the Best Suburban Angst Films

By Alison Nastasi on

“Saturday night in the suburbs, that’s when you really want blow your brains out,” Don Draper griped in last season’s Mad Men episode “Signal 30.” It’s a crisis Matthew Weiner’s characters frequently encounter, despite their privileged, cocktail-filled lifestyles. In keeping with the spirit of the show, which aired its incredibly dark two-hour Season 6 premiere last night, here are ten of the best films that fan the flames of white-picket-fence… Read More

Television

Flavorpill’s Official ‘Mad Men’ Season Six Drinking Game

By Alison Nastasi on

In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re just a little bit excited about the premiere of Mad Men’s sixth season this evening. We can’t think of a better series to pair with an old-fashioned drinking game — or a classic Old Fashioned. Everyone’s favorite ad execs will be boozing their way into the late 1960s, and it only seems fair that we get to join them. Raise your glass, and hit the jump to play along. Drink responsibly, because we don’t want another Freddy Rumsen on our hands. … Read More

Television

An A-Z ‘Mad Men’ Fashion Preview Guide

By Alison Nastasi on

You’ve overanalyzed the stylish Mad Men season six promo photos and envied Joan’s dress and Peggy’s mod makeover. Tomorrow you’ll finally get to see what everyone’s wearing when the series returns to AMC. The new season takes place in the late 1960s (estimated to be 1968), and we’ve made a few fashion predictions based on the trailers and photos that have been teased up until now. See how the hemlines and hairstyles will look this season by flipping through our Mad Men fashion preview guide. … Read More

Art

Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Employees and the Art That Should Decorate Their Offices

By Chloe Pantazi on

With Season 6 of Mad Men returning this Sunday night and venturing even deeper into the 1960s, we figured it was high time for an art update at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce offices. After the jump, the famous artworks with which we would redecorate the walls of each of our favorite SCDP employees’ offices. In the name of sheer fun, note that no regard whatsoever has been paid to the price, availability, or timeliness of these artworks. … Read More

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‘Mad Men’ Season 6 Review: Don Draper’s Death Trip

By Judy Berman on

Matt Weiner is right. This time last year I was exasperated over his self-important demand that critics scrub their reviews of all salient details about Season 5, but his two-hour Season 6 premiere convinced me: the element of surprise is so important to Mad Men – and the upcoming episode in particular — that you just can’t reveal too much about the characters or plot without ruining the first-time viewing experience. As much as the industry-wide compliance with Weiner’s guidelines seems like an uncomfortable reminder of entertainment journalists’ exaggerated reverence for the show and its creator, the truth is that no wise reviewer would break most of his rules anyway. … Read More

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Exclusive: ‘Mad Men’ Characters As Muppets

By Jennifer Lewis on

Sometimes you have an idea. Sometimes the result is terrifying. Sometimes you post the results on the Internet anyway. A few Mad Men seasons ago, we shared our roundup of Muppets and their Mad Men counterparts. Now, we’ve taken the concept one step further and illustrated a selection of (somewhat unintentionally) scary Mad… Menpets? Mupmen? Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for the cast of Mad Men reimagined as creepy Muppets? Good — because it’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to scare our readers on the Mupmen Show tonight! One last thing: Don’t discriminate; Sesame Streeters are Muppets, too. Officially. … Read More

Television

The 10 Funniest ‘Mad Men’ Parodies

By Jason Bailey on

As with most television dramas of note, Mad Men has begat more than its fair share of spoofs, take-offs, and mash-ups. We collected our favorites of the latter last season; in anticipation of Sunday’s big season premiere, we though it’d be fun to round up some of the strangest, smartest, and funniest Mad Men parodies to date. Check them out after the jump, and add your favorites in the comments. … Read More

Television

Quiz: Which Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Employee Are You at the Office?

By Alison Herman on

Mad Men hasn’t quite inspired the same level of character identification as Sex and the City (I’m a Miranda), but most viewers do have favorites within the sprawling ensemble cast. Are you a public playboy and secret striver, like our hero Don Draper? Or are you an ambitious young upstart swimming against the current, like Peggy? To help you find out, we compiled a handy quiz to figure out which Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employee whose work habits most closely resemble your own. Even if you’re pretty sure who your ideal coworker is, this’ll help bring you up to speed with the key players at the world’s most darkly dramatic advertising agency. … Read More

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Don Draper Wears Ridiculous Clothing in First ‘Mad Men’ Season 6 Stills

By Chloe Pantazi on

AMC’s first set of Season 6 Mad Men stills gives us much to obsess over ahead of Sunday night’s premiere. In these images from the first and second episodes, it looks a lot like Christmas at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce office. (Note Joan’s festive attire, the cheap office decorations in the background, and Don’s used-car-salesman holiday jacket.) The photos also take us on vacation to Hawaii – where Don is, appropriately but kind of disappointingly, decked out in some awful resort wear. In other pictures: Pete Campbell’s sideburns look like they’re here to stay, Megan might be the only human who that can pull off a floppy summer hat, and Sally Draper is adorable. … Read More

Books

Required Reading List: Don Draper

By Emily Temple on

“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten,” Ralph Waldo Emerson famously quipped, “even so, they have made me.” In this new bi-weekly series, Flavorwire plays professor to some of our favorite pop culture characters, assigning reading lists tailored to their temperaments or — in some cases — designed to make them into slightly better people. After all, even fictional characters can have their lives changed by books. Or so we imagine. This week, we recommend a reading list for Don Draper. … Read More