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Postwar Gender and Feminism

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WEEK 5

For Tuesday, 9/20

1. Read Mad Men Pilot - Draft Script

Mad Men 1x1 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.pdf

2. Watch the Pilot episode, and watch episode 2 as well.

3. Pre-write assignment

For Thursday, 9/22

1. Mad Men 1x4, and watch episodes 3-4.

Mad Men 1x4 - New Amsterdam.pdf

2. Read Beauvoir, The Second Sex, selected passages from Chapter 10. [Skip the Introduction and only read the portions from chapter 10. Chapter 10 starts on page 8 of the PDF.]

beauvoir_second_sex_sle.pdf

***Due Friday, 9/23***

Discussion Board on Dating Site Profile for a Character from Mad Men

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In-class group talks—groups of three (or four) focus on the script and screen versions of one episode.

Take us through the structure of the episode. How it is organized? What are the major storylines and how are they woven together? Talk about any striking ways the dialogue and description in the script get interpreted on the screen, through acting, directing, cinematography.

Finally, point out any significant differences between the script and screen versions. These include changes within scenes, of wording or details; cutting or resequencing of scenes. Give us your working theory as to why the creators made these changes.

Each group will be assigned to one of the following episodes:

1x4

1x6

1x8

1x11

1x12

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Resources for reading/viewing of Mad Men

Contemporary Reception of the TV Show:

Fortune Magazine: "Meet the Women Who Put Words in Don Draper's Mouth" (May 2015).

New York Times: "The Women of Hollywood Speak Out" (2015).

Slate: "Mad Men and Race: The series’ handling of race has been painfully accurate" (March 2012).