Mad Men Carousel: The Complete Critical Companion

Mad Men Carousel: The Complete Critical Companion

<DIV><I>Mad Men Carousel</I> is an episode-by-episode guide to all seven seasons of AMC's <I>Mad Men</I>. <B>This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz€s celebrated <I>Mad Men</I> recaps</B>€"as featured on <I>New York </I>magazine's <I>Vulture </I>blog€"for the first time, including<B> never-before-published essays </B>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. <B>The complete series€"a</B><B><B>ll</B> seven seasons and ninety-two episodes€"is covered.</B><BR />  <BR /> 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€ <I>Revolver</I> and the Beach Boys€ <I>Pet Sounds</I>; and all the wars, protests, assassinations, and murders that cast a bloody pall over a chaotic decade. </DIV><DIV> <BR /><I>Mad Men Carousel</I> is named after an iconic moment from the show€s first-season finale, €œThe Wheel,€ wherein Don delivers an unforgettable pitch for a new slide projector that€s centered on the idea of nostalgia: €œthe pain from an old wound.€ <B>This book will soothe the most ardent <I>Mad Men</I> fan€s nostalgia for the show.</B> New viewers, who will want to binge-watch their way through one of the most popular TV shows in recent memory, will discover <B>a spoiler-friendly companion</B> to one of the most multilayered and mercurial TV shows of all time. <BR /><BR /><B>It's the perfect gift for <I>Mad Men</I> fans and obsessives.</B><BR /><BR /> Also available from Matt Zoller Seitz: <I>The Oliver Stone Experience</I>, <I>The Wes Anderson Collection: Bad Dads</I>, <I>The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel</I><I>, and </I><I>The Wes Anderson Collection</I>.<BR />  </DIV>