Friday, August 31, 2007

Essay 4394


AMC series Mad Men ended its three-week streak of depicting zero non-White minorities—presenting a whopping two Black men in a single episode. However, they were recurring caricatures: the guy selling sandwiches who originally appeared in the second installment and the elevator attendant who showed up in the third. The elevator attendant even displayed a bug-eyed reaction to Campbell showing up for work with a rifle. O Lawd!

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