Mad Men a Stillbirth of the american dream

Mad Men a Stillbirth of the american dream

   Heather Havrilesky's main insight came on page 175 with Matthew Weiner's telling, (the birth of the advertising age coincides directly with the birth of discontent as a nation-and what got lost in the hustle was our souls).this is her main insight because it was hinted at in the beginning on page 171 she said that (somehow mad men captures this ultra mediated, postmodern moment, underscoring the disconnect between the american dream and realty by distilling our deep-seated frustrations as a nation into painfully palpable vignettes.) she tells us that she is the critic at salon. She also tells us how america has gotten a sickness of always wanting more and that all Americans are instructed to hope for more, Because we are told repeated stories of the fairest in the land, the richest and the most heroic. She appeals to the readers emotions on page 174 with (the costumes and the props that come with the dream occasionally fail to obscure the confused humans who straiten their shoulders and dry their eyes and take the stage day after day dutifully mouthing lines about the thrills of work and family, all of it invented, peppy rhetoric of laundry detergent jingles.) I was not familiar with mad men before i read this, she gave me an interesting take on the but i would not want to watch it because it sounds like a soap opera that never ends. she does give a good description of the series.