Mad Men Carousel is an episode-by-episode guide to all seven seasons of AMC'sMad Men. This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz's celebrated Mad Men recaps-as featured onNew Yorkmagazine'sVultureblog-for the first time,including never-before-published essays on the show's first three seasons. Seitz's writing digs deep into the show's themes,performances,and filmmaking,examining complex and sometimes confounding aspects of the series. The complete series-all seven seasons and ninety-two episodes-is covered. Each episode review also includes brief explanations of locations,events,consumer products,and scientific advancements that are important to the characters,such as P.J. Clarke's restaurant and the old Penn Station; the inventions of the birth control pill,the Xerox machine,and the Apollo Lunar Module; the release of the Beatles'Revolver and the Beach Boys'Pet Sounds; and all the wars,protests,assassinations,and murders that cast a bloody pall over a chaotic decade.Mad Men Carousel is named after an iconic moment from the show's first-season finale,"The Wheel,"wherein Don delivers an unforgettable pitch for a new slide projector that's centered on the idea of nostalgia: "the pain from an old wound."This book will soothe the most ardent Mad Men fan's nostalgia for the show. New viewers,who will want to binge-watch their way through one of the most popular TV shows in recent memory,will discover a spoiler-friendly companion to one of the most multilayered and mercurial TV shows of all time.It's the perfect gift for Mad Menfans and obsessives. Also available from Matt Zoller Seitz: The Oliver Stone Experience,The Wes Anderson Collection: Bad Dads,The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel,and The Wes Anderson Collection.
Publisher: AbramsISBN: 9781419729461Weight: 510 gDimensions: 228 x 153 x 35 mm
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