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I'm one of "those people" who writes "that stuff," someone who knows how the magician is supposed to pull the rabbit out of the hat right, and "Mad Men" pulls the rabbit out perfectly - it's like sitting close enough to the stage to see the magician do his work if he's not good, and not spotting a thing. I liked "Mad Men" so much that when I finished watching the first broadcast of the show I sat through the rebroadcast just to watch everything in detail be done so beautifully.
Here's something interesting all the rest of you didn't know: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," the pilot episode, was the script that got Matt Weiner his job on "The Sopranos."
I think the best comment I've heard about the show comes from a friend of mine who spent a career in advertising, starting as an artist at J.Walter Thompson in May, 1960 (he was the guy who was Draper's partner doing the artwork who asked "do we drink before the meeting or after?"). His comment: "It was real."
Your comment that the show should be required viewing for those who think feminism wasn't about anything important os absolutely right.
I love it when something lives up to my hopes rather than down to my expectations, as this does and JFC doesn't.
