The Show, Mad Men, By Roger Sterling

2.Set in an advertising agency on New York City’s Madison Avenue, the show traces conflicts among Draper and his Colleagues as well as between he and various women.

The characters in the sitcom Donna Reed Show reflect what kind of jobs men and women had during the 1950s/60s.The Donna Reed Show took place in an all white suburb. Where men have the main jobs that support the family, such as doctors, bankers, etc. Then the women would be a stay at home wife. This is shown in “Weekend Trip” when Alex Stone is really busy with

Do you think fear can kill? “For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own - for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to The Twilight Zone” (“Rod”). In 1959, one of the most popular television series was The Twilight Zone, wrote and produced by Rod Serling. The series includes many tales and adventures that are very thought provoking. The Twilight Zone highlights the tragedies during the 1950’s, specifically in the episode, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”. The Twilight Zone contains five seasons but only thirty-six of the episodes were during the 1950’s and 1960’s, and were based on fear and catastrophe. The later episodes of the 1960’s reflected the catastrophes in the 1950’s. In The Twilight Zone episode, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”, the events display tragedies of the 1950’s, like the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and the Space Race.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a superhero as, “a fictional character who has amazing powers (such as the ability to fly)” or “a very heroic person”; yet, many of the characters in Watchmen have no supernatural power and are immoral by most precedent societal standards. Alan Moore, in the graphic novel Watchmen (1986-1987), asserts Rorschach as an example of deontology. Moore supports his thoughts through dialogue and illustration. The author’s purpose is to juxtapose philosophical beliefs by comparing their varied flaws through differing narrators’ points of view. The author takes a condescending tone in an effort to enrage his target audience of adult males. This paper seeks to illustrate, qualify, and challenge Moore’s claim that Rorschach is a deontologist.

To start with, Richard Butsch’s piece Six Decades of Social Class in American Sitcoms explores the scattering of representations that explains class relations of modern-day capitalism. Butsch highlights that the corporate control of the nationwide television business has been manipulating the portrayals of working-class men as mainly “buffoons” on, just about, 400 prime-time television sitcoms, such as I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, and the Simpsons, produced over the last sixty years (Butsch, 507). Some studies have disclosed a constant pattern of underrepresentation of working-class professions, in addition to over-representing professional and management jobs, lessening the prominence of the working class (Butsch, 507-8). The “buffoon” character Butsch speaks of, has been portrayed

In the sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond, airing on CBS in the late 90’s and early 2000’s we see an nuclear white family with two parents, two kids, grandparents, and a set of other relatives. The target audience appears to be within the age of 18-35 for this time period in comparison to other shows such as Frazier or Will and Grace. The family is very middle class oriented as far as the home, clothing, and jobs of the characters go. They live in the suburbs and are never too hurt for money. Playing into this story also comes the subtle humor and remarks at sexual acts that happen very often throughout each scene. However, you never actually see these sexual acts take place and there is no point of uncomfortable actions throughout this

Directing 30 Rock, writing for Saturday Night Live, and taking care of her newly born child certainly did not stop Tina Fey from writing a book. With years of being in the television business, the comedian decided to test out the literature field with an autobiography titled Bossypants. The book talks about her childhood adventures, how she became a writer for Saturday Night Live, and what directing 30 Rock was like.

Bill Buford talks about what he has seen happening within the soccer crowds in England. He is unhappy with the repeated violence, and tired of the burden he feels he’s carrying. He dislikes the violent actions of ‘The Firm’, and wants to go home to New York. I however, have just finished work as a bouncer for a nightclub. The regulars there pretend to be superstars, which infuriates me. It’s raining heavily, making me sadder than usual. Riding my motorbike to a rival nightclub in Surfers Paradise, I park down the road. Talking to one of the bouncers, I enquire about job vacancies. A few minutes later I see something that shocks me. A drunk young man bleeding from his head! Another man comes out soon after, held by security guards in a vice-like

A lot has been made of Mad Men’s take on the period’s fashion and culture. From the ad agency, the alcoholism to beards, racial inequality and Mathew Weiner’s smart yet subtle dialogue. His AMC drama uses setting to bolster character, and character to bring to light many predominant themes.

When Randy first appears in the series, one cannot help but notice his kind heart and pleasant smile. He is good-natured and cheerful, with a flair for business. He sells candy to his peers by changing his grade specific uniform to blend in to different lunch periods, catches homing pigeons to pick up some extra cash, and knows how to get back at bullies by using urine and water balloons. He is quick to learn when taught in an accessible way and is eager to apply it to his everyday life. Randy also has ambitions of running his own business. He truly enjoys school, whether he is learning in the classroom or selling his wares, and opens himself up to teachers like Prez that take a genuine interest in his well-being. Randy adores his foster mother Miss Anna, and is always grateful for her time and care. Whenever Miss Anna’s house is shown it seems to be well taken care of, despite the less than ideal location. Though he has no interest in getting involved with drugs, Randy, trying to keep himself out of trouble with Miss Anna, is labeled a snitch by his peers for talking about a murder. After being pulled out of school for reasons of safety, he is still pursued and eventually attacked by those he was believed to have snitched on. Miss Anna is caught in the cross-fire and deemed no longer able to take care of him, thus leaving Randy to fend for himself in a group home. The last time we encounter Randy in the series he is still in the group home. He is being questioned by police

In 1960s New York, Mad Men is about the men and women who work competitively in Madison Avenue advertising. An egocentric world where the head honchos make easy work of the sell. The series focuses on Don Draper, the The series focuses on Don Draper, the biggest ad man in the business, and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Advertising Agency. As Don is making strides in the boardroom, he struggles

Real world television shows are becoming more popular in society today because how people relate to them. The hit ABC television series, Modern Family, shows us the life of one big, homosexual, traditional, and enjoyable family. A Comedic TV show, that represents American roles and reality well. The show was directed by Jason Wilber and created when, Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan wanted to develop a show based off their own real-life stories of their families in a mockumentary style (Levitan, Lloyd). “The series portrays an honest, hilarious view of family life” (Modern Family). It revolves around three different cultural families who live in Los Angeles. The ABC family series, Modern Family is a television show with a unique structure that serves to tell the story of three distinct families whose lives revolve around realistic situations that happen in American families today.

I was rewatching an old show from my childhood on Hulu recently. UFO was a cheesy sci fi show from England. First released in 1970 UFO, was set in the future, a top secret agency battling aliens that were coming to earth and endangering our way of life, in a very Cold War kind of way. In one episode the commander of SHADO visits Moon Base Alpha and is greeted by the officer in command, a woman. I thought how progressive for 1970, even though Star Trek had already done it. The commander of SHADO promptly asks her to get him a cup of coffee. Looking back this seems kind of funny and I can’t help but wonder what he’d get if he asked a woman officer to get him coffee today. Lap coffee I imagine.

Methamphetamine has been named as the most abused drug on earth by the United Nations. According to Time Magazine methamphetamine is often cooked in labs outside of US, mostly in Mexico and then sold in the United States, the total amount sold is $20 billion just in the United States (Salter Sentence 29). The TV show Breaking Bad is about a chemistry teacher who starts to cook and sell methamphetamine. The TV series does an excellent job showing how Walter White (Bryan Cranston) a chemistry teacher becomes a powerful millionaire through manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine. Breaking Bad shows an episode parallels to the poem Ozymandias By P.B. Shelley’s, Breaking Bad season 5 episode 14 also named Ozymandias show Walter lose

AMC’s show Mad Men is a period drama set in the 1950s to 1960s which focuses on those that work in the competitive world of advertising on Madison Avenue in New York City, NY. The critically acclaimed show aired for seven seasons and won numerous awards, including several Emmy and Golden Globe awards. According to the pilot episode, which aired in 2007, the term ‘Mad Men” is slang for “Madison Avenue ad men”, which was coined by advertisers working on Madison Avenue in the 1950s. At the beginning of the pilot episode (titled “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”) viewers are introduced to the show’s main character, Don Draper, who is the creative director for the advertising agency Sterling Cooper. Throughout the episode, Draper is faced with the problem currently plaguing Sterling Cooper, how to protect Lucky Strike cigarette sales in wake of the public’s increased awareness of their heath risks.