Author: Soref

Mad Men (Season 7 E6) “The Strategy” and What It All Means (spoilers)

Mad Men purists loved “The Strategy,” because it had all the hallmarks of a classic Mad Men episode: a fabulous New York setting, slices of home life mixed with plenty of office drama and business intrigue, and sudden gut-punching reminders…

A Prophet, A Poet, and a Package in the Mail (the journal entry that took three months to write)

For the first time all decade, I went out on New Year’s Eve. To the Starry Plough, where I saw Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express ring in 2014. After the show, I introduced myself to Chuck, and also got…

Way Too Many Words About “Time Zones,” Mad Men Season 7 Episode 1

Preamble The reason I love Mad Men has nothing to do with the show’s soap opera aspects, but rather because of the unique way they presented the momentous decade of the 1960s. First they seduced us with vignettes showing what…