Monday, August 30, 2010

7920: Mad Men Mention.


The latest episode of AMC series Mad Men presented two race-related scenarios. One was blatant, while the other was probably unintended.

The blatant scenario involved a new art director whose reel included a commercial for Lyndon B. Johnson featuring the Ku Klux Klan.

The probably unintended scenario focused on Don Draper’s hiring of a talentless copywriter. The hack landed an interview because he was related to Roger Sterling’s wife. And Draper hired him after accidentally ripping off a headline from the rookie’s portfolio. The scenario demonstrated quite clearly that the advertising industry has forever awarded positions to unqualified candidates. To understand the race-related component, click here.

(Additionally, the scenario was a rip-off of an identical incident from short-lived TNT series Trust Me.

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