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- Because this is a dream sequence: Don didn’t really get out of bed, and Shakman signaled this as subtly as possible by using footage that is, in a sense, “not real.”
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May 20, 2015 · From the start, Mad Men suggested that Don slept around not just because he was selfish or dysfunctional but because he lived in a time and place that couldn’t contain his appetites.
May 22, 2022 · Over the course of Mad Men's seven seasons, very few people ever find out Don Draper's real identity, despite Dick Whitman's tragedy occasionally leaking through Don's cool, calculated stare. As the show progresses, Don finds it hard to keep his life on the rails as he drinks more excessively, and pushes away the people who are closest to him.
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Don's Journey Comes To An End With A New Idea
In "Person To Person," the series finale of Mad Men, Don goes to a retreat in California, to find some kind of enlightenment after all the pain and suffering his lies have caused not only himself but just about everyone he’s ever come into contact with. Elsewhere, Mad Men’s ending attempts to give relatively happy conclusions for most of the other Mad Men characters. There arehappy and satisfying endings for the main remaining characters, as well as some bittersweet endings. Peggy stays at Mc...
The Coke Ad Puts Don's Transformation Into Question
Throughout the entire run of Mad Men, Don Draper was a troubled soul. Running from his past as Dick Whitman, Don constantly turned to womenand alcohol in order to either make himself feel better, to find what he was missing, and to experience fleeting moments of joy. He married a couple of times, but Don could never be truly happy with anyone else until he learned to be truly accepting of who he is. Don’s retreat was centered around him finding not just a sense of purpose, but an idea of who...
Clues To Don's Time At The Retreat Relate To The Commercial
When the camera zooms in on Don Draper’s smiling face in the Mad Men series finale's final moment, the meditation bell rings just as the episode transitions to the “I Want To Buy The World A Coke" advert.It suggests that Don came up with the idea for this famous commercialand it is not hard to draw that conclusion as there are numerous similarities to the commune Don is at, which are without a doubt deliberate. The clothes are the same, the people look similar, it’s at a place called the Hill...
Was Don's Commercial Idea Cynical Or Enlightened?
Mad Men is a show about both advertising and the changing nature of America through the 1960s, making Coca-Cola's "Hilltop" advert a perfect culmination of these themes. It's one of the most famous ads ever made, but also linked to the ending of the decade and, somewhat more cynically, how big corporations began to cash-in on counter-culture. There is a way to read the ending as Don uses this supposedly enlightening experience, including Leonard's speech, to grow his career. However, it is po...
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Apr 16, 2012 · After a night of entertaining clients, Don rebukes Pete for his adulterous acts—a twist, surprising in its sanctimony and abstemious result, but especially its revelation: Don truly believes he...
May 15, 2015 · When, after we see Don sleep with a Village bohemian and make eyes at Rachel, the episode ends by revealing that he’s actually a married suburban dad, the twist lands with such a terrific...
Dec 13, 2014 · In the first season of Mad Men, it is revealed that Don Draper was born Richard Whitman, but stole the identity "Don Draper" from a fellow soldier who died in Korea. The other soldier's body was not recognizable, so Whitman switched dog-tags with the dead man, and acted as if he was Don Draper from then on.
The Moments That Make Us Who We Are. Life provides turning points of many kinds, but the most powerful of all may be character-revealing moments.
