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The Women Behind ‘Mad Men’

The Women Behind ‘Mad Men’

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Great article at WSJ on the women writers and directors behind one of our favorite shows, Mad Men:

Behind the smooth-talking, chain-smoking, misogynist advertising executives on “Mad Men” is a group of women writers, a rarity in Hollywood television. Seven of the nine members of the writing team are women. Women directed five of the 13 episodes in the third season. The writers, led by the show’s creator Matthew Weiner, are drawing on their experiences and perspectives to create the show’s heady mix: a world where the men are in control and the women are more complex than they seem, or than the male characters realize. – from WSJ