Arts: Mad Men, Season 5

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Tv Club Mad Men, Season 5 Megan and Don: a formidable sales team. By John Swansburg Posted Monday, Apr 30, 2012, at 02:29 PM ET John Swansburg will be chatting with readers about this week's episode of Mad Men today at Noon on Slate's Facebook page. In an interview shortly before this season got underway, Kiernan Shipka revealed that her parents don't let her watch Mad Men, which they deem too adult for their young daughter. Now more than ever, that seems like sound parenting. But poor Sally Draper has to live in Mad Men, and who knows what harm it will do her. This episode was all about parents and children, about one generation's fears and hopes for the next. Patrick, I too was struck by how quickly the glory of the Heinz success faded for Megan. At first, I wondered if it was just that it had all come too easily for her: She broke through the glass ceiling the first time she grazed it—no wonder it didn't feel like a hat trick. But Emile's little pep talk at the American Cancer Society dinner suggested there's more to it than that. When Megan has described her acting dreams in the past, she's dismissed them as a youthful fancy. But perhaps that was itself something of an act. I don't think Megan subscribes to her father's Marxist critique of her lifestyle, but she was stung by his suggestion that she's compromised her dreams to be with Don—"skipped the struggle," as he puts it. A similar dynamic played out for Peggy: She ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Saletan: It's Wrong To Use War for Political Advantage—Unless You're a Republican Teaching Ex-Orthodox Jews How To Date in New York How Bad Would a Cyber Attack Be? Would People Die?	Advertisement
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