Synopses & Reviews
Mad Men Carousel is an episode-by-episode guide to all seven seasons of AMCand#39;sand#160;
Mad Men.
This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitzandrsquo;s celebrated Mad Men recapsandmdash;as featured onand#160;
New Yorkand#160;magazineand#39;sand#160;
Vultureand#160;blogandmdash;for the first time, including
never-before-published essays on the showandrsquo;s first three seasons. Seitzandrsquo;s writing digs deep into the showandrsquo;s themes, performances, and filmmaking, examining complex and sometimes confounding aspects of the series.
The complete seriesandmdash;all seven seasons and ninety-two episodesandmdash;is covered.
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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. Clarkeandrsquo;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 Beatlesandrsquo; Revolver and the Beach Boysandrsquo; Pet Sounds; and all the wars, protests, assassinations, and murders that cast a bloody pall over a chaotic decade.and#160;and#160;
Mad Men Carousel is named after an iconic moment from the showandrsquo;s first-season finale, andldquo;The Wheel,andrdquo; wherein Don delivers an unforgettable pitch for a new slide projector thatandrsquo;s centered on the idea of nostalgia: andldquo;the pain from an old wound.andrdquo; This book will soothe the most ardent Mad Men fanandrsquo;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.and#160;
Itand#39;s the perfect gift for Mad Menand#160;fans and obsessives.
Praise for Mad Men Carousel:
andquot;Took me back to the days when youandrsquo;d actually look forward to your favorite TV hour, the immersive pleasure bath ofand#160;now what are they going to do?andquot;andmdash;David Chase, creator of The Sopranos
andquot;Matt Zoller Seitzandrsquo;s recaps are in service toand#160;Mad Menandrsquo;s excellence and complexity. First-rate work.andquot;andmdash;David Milch, creator of Deadwood and writer-producer for NYPD Blue
andquot;In this gorgeous collection of recaps, Matt Zoller Seitz seeks the wisdom within Matthew Weinerandrsquo;s visionary television show, examining it from every angle, shaking it like a snow globe. A treat for anyone who cares about television.andquot;andmdash;Emily Nussbaum, TV critic for The New Yorker
andquot;Pithy, witty, smart, and from the heart: Thatandrsquo;s what we expect from a classic Don Draper pitch, and Matt Zoller Seitz captures all of these qualities in his must-readand#160;Mad Menand#160;recaps.andquot;andmdash;Maureen Ryan, TV critic for The Huffington Post
andquot;Matt Zoller Seitz writes about television more passionately and compellingly than any other critic writing today. Withand#160;Mad Men, heandrsquo;s found his Shangri-La.and#160;Mad Men Carouseland#160;is essential reading for fans like me, who eagerly awaited his trenchant and witty analyses almost as much as the groundbreaking show itself. Thought-provoking and wildly entertaining, this brilliant collection of essays makes me want to revisit all seven seasons of the greatest American television show ever produced.andquot;andmdash;Robert Falls, artistic director of Chicagoand#39;s Goodman Theatre
andquot;Matt Zoller Seitzand#39;s brilliantly elaborate dissection and exploration of this equally complex series makes this collection absolutely essential forMad Menand#160;obsessives like myself.andquot;andmdash;Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Aimee Mann
andquot;I envy anyone who has never watchedand#160;Mad Menand#160;and gets to experience it for the first time with the invaluably perceptive Matt Zoller Seitz close at hand. For the rest of us, this addictive and rewarding deep-dive into every episode is an irresistible reason to revisit a great series.andquot;andmdash;Mark Harris, author of Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of New Hollywood and Five
Review
andquot;Took me back to the days when youandrsquo;d actually look forward to your favorite TV hour, the immersive pleasure bath of now what are they going to do?andquot;
Review
andquot;Matt Zoller Seitzandrsquo;s recaps are in service to Mad Menandrsquo;s excellence and complexity. First-rate work.andquot;
Review
andquot;In this gorgeous collection of recaps, Matt Zoller Seitz seeks the wisdom within Matthew Weinerandrsquo;s visionary television show, examining it from every angle, shaking it like a snow globe. A treat for anyone who cares about television.andquot;
Review
andquot;Pithy, witty, smart, and from the heart: Thatandrsquo;s what we expect from a classic Don Draper pitch, and Matt Zoller Seitz captures all of these qualities in his must-read Mad Men recaps.andquot;
Review
andquot;Matt Zoller Seitz writes about television more passionately and compellingly than any other critic writing today. With Mad Men, heandrsquo;s found his Shangri-La. Mad Men Carousel is essential reading for fans like me, who eagerly awaited his trenchant and witty analyses almost as much as the groundbreaking show itself. Thought-provoking and wildly entertaining, this brilliant collection of essays makes me want to revisit all seven seasons of the greatest American television show ever produced.andquot;
Review
andquot;Matt Zoller Seitzand#39;s brilliantly elaborate dissection and exploration of this equally complex series makes this collection absolutely essential for Mad Men obsessives like myself.andquot;
Review
andquot;I envy anyone who has never watched Mad Men and gets to experience it for the first time with the invaluably perceptive Matt Zoller Seitz close at hand. For the rest of us, this addictive and rewarding deep-dive into every episode is an irresistible reason to revisit a great series.andquot;
Synopsis
When it premiered in 2007, the
Mad Men series sparked a cultural phenomenon that now boasts over three million viewers. With a long list of awards including three back-to-back Golden Globes and three consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series,
Mad Men has captivated the world with its brilliant portrayal of the 1960s and stylish characters, including the dashing advertising mogul Roger Sterling. Directing and discovering some of the sharpest talents in the business, Roger has shown an uncanny flair for unique methods of motivation and a tireless genius, resulting in campaigns that raise the advertising standard across the country, and acquiring a reputation for his quips, barbs, and witticisms along the way. Presented as Rogerand#8217;s memoir during the fourth season of
Mad Men, and published as a and#147;lost classic,and#8221;
Sterlingand#8217;s Gold is the entertaining collection of our favorite ad manand#8217;s best one-liners.
Roger Sterlingand#8217;s pithy comments and observations amount to a unique window into the advertising worldand#151;a world that few among us are privileged to witness firsthandand#151;as well as a commentary on life in New York City in the middle of the twentieth century. Cleverly designed and accented by design elements and attractive color photographs, and encased in an elegant, compact period package, itand#8217;s a must-have for any Mad Men fan.
Synopsis
Mad Menand#160;spun inventive storytelling, rich characterization, and symbol-laden gamesmanship into an entrancing puzzle. Its drama follows the life of Donald Draper, a brilliant but deeply damaged Madison Avenue adman. Its story spans March 1960 through November 1970, refracting the lives of Donandrsquo;s home and work families, as well as American history, through his broken soul.
and#160;
What did it all mean?
and#160;
Mad Men Carousel will keep viewers company as they try to answer that question for themselves. This book collects all of TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitzandrsquo;s celebrated Mad Men recaps for the first time, including never-before-published essays on the showandrsquo;s first three seasons. Seitzandrsquo;s writing digs deep into the showandrsquo;s themes, performances, and filmmaking, examining complex and sometimes confounding aspects of the series. All seven seasons and ninety-two episodes are covered.
and#160;
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. Clarkeandrsquo;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 Beatlesandrsquo; Revolver and the Beach Boysandrsquo; Pet Sounds; and all the wars, protests, assassinations, and murders that cast a bloody pall over a chaotic decade.and#160;
Mad Men Carousel is named after an iconic moment from the showandrsquo;s first-season finale, andldquo;The Wheel,andrdquo; wherein Don delivers an unforgettable pitch for a new slide projector thatandrsquo;s centered on the idea of nostalgia: andldquo;the pain from an old wound.andrdquo; This book will soothe the most ardent Mad Men fanandrsquo;s nostalgia for the show. New fans, who will want to binge-watch their way through one of the most popular TV shows in recent memory, will find an episode-by-episode guide to accompany their viewing experience. Longtime fans of Mad Men or of Seitzandrsquo;s writing will discover an engaging, thoughtful, and entertaining companion to one of the most multilayered and mercurial TV shows of all time.and#160;
Itand#39;s the perfect gift for Mad Menand#160;fans and obsessives.
About the Author
Matt Zoller Seitz is the TV critic forand#160;
New Yorkand#160;Magazine, the editor-in-chief of RogerEbert.com, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism, and the author of the
New York Times bestsellers
The Wes Anderson Collection (Abrams, 2013) and
The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Abrams, 2015), as well as the forthcoming
The Oliver Stone Experience (Abrams, 2016). He is the founder and original editor of
The House Next Door, now a part ofand#160;
Slantand#160;Magazine, and the publisher of
Press Play, a blog of film and TV criticism and video essays.
A Brooklyn-based writer and filmmaker, Seitz has written, narrated, edited, or produced more than a hundred hoursandrsquo; worth of video essays about cinema history and style for The Museum of the Moving Image andand#160;The L Magazine, among other outlets. His five-part 2009 video essay, andldquo;Wes Anderson: The Substance of Style,andrdquo; was later spun off into The Wes Anderson Collection, and his 2008 video essay series andldquo;Oliver Stone: The Official Historyandrdquo; is the partial basis for The Oliver Stone Experience.
Megan Abbott is the Edgarandreg;-winning author of the novels Queenpin, The Song Is You, Die a Little, Bury Me Deep, The End of Everything, Dare Me, and her latest, The Fever, which was chosen as one of the Best Books of the Summer by the New York Times, People magazine, and Entertainment Weekly, and one of the Best Books of the Year by Amazon, National Public Radio, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times.
Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the Believer, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Abbott is also the author of a nonfiction book, The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir, and the editor of A Hell of a Woman, an anthology of female crime fiction. She has been nominated for many awards, including three Edgarandreg; Awards, the Hammett Prize, the Shirley Jackson Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Folio Prize. She lives in New York City.
Max Dalton is a graphic artist living in Buenos Aires, Argentina by way of Barcelona, New York, and Paris. He has published a few books and illustrated some others, including The Wes Anderson Collection (Abrams, 2012) and The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Abrams 2014). Max started painting in 1977 and since 2008, he has been creating posters about music, movies, and pop culture.