'Mad
Men' Episode 6
Recap: Does This Family Even Exist Anymore?
Despite being a period drama set 45 years in the past, Sunday night’s
Episode of
Mad Men — titled “The Strategy” — could **t have been more timely
With Jill Abramson’s firing from the New York Times still garnering wide media coverage as we head into a fresh work week, and rumors flying around over gender’s part in her departure, “The Strategy’s” focus on women’s roles in the home and workplace strangely echoed current events.
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The main episodic arc of “The Strategy” centers on SC&P retooling an ad pitch for Burger Chef, a fast food chain. Peggy led the campaign’s inception, but has grown frustrated and doubtful over her creative angle when Don — on a whim — tosses a**ther concept on the table. Peggy’s concept for the Burger Chef pitch revolves around a
Family with a matriarch feeding her children and husband, the antithesis to Peggy’s life as a single, 30-year-old working woman in New York City. As she and Don begin to mend their relationship by hashing out Burger Chef ideas, Peggy asks Don, “Does
This Family [in the ad]
Even Exist anymore?”
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