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by Clarence Page onSeptember 24, 2011
New shows like Pan Am and The Playboy Club offer a comfortable view of a past that was much worse than today, writes Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page.
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by Genetta M. Adams onSeptember 18, 2011
From the lack of black winners to the same shows taking top awards, the show was predictable.
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by Nsenga Burton onMarch 30, 2011
Say it isn't so.
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by Helena Andrews onOctober 21, 2010
In the season finale of Mad Men, Don Draper dumps his smart, professional girlfriend for his secretary. A lot of us "professionally single" women can relate.
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by Salamishah Tillet onOctober 15, 2010
The creators of Mad Men get so many things right in this period television series. Too bad they get black women so wrong.
Plus: The Mad Men Black People Counter notes a surprise in the season finale.
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by Nsenga Burton onSeptember 23, 2010
The portrayal of women is self-conscious. The portrayal of blacks is unconscionable.
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September 15, 2010
NBC is calling itself "more colorful," and ABC has added a black housewife. Are black actors finally getting their due in prime time? Take a look at the new shows in the 2010 fall television lineup. Perhaps you'll find one of your favorite black actors or actresses from the 1990s and 2000s.
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by MIchael Ross onAugust 6, 2010
If the show's creators are really sticklers for detail, there's reason to expect some darker faces at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce before long. In the real world, Don Draper would have been working side-by-side with a brother.
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by Dr. Todd Boyd onJuly 30, 2010
In short, Miles Davis was the personification of cool. Don Draper, not so much. The Notorious Ph.D. breaks it down for us.
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by The Buzz onJuly 23, 2010
Watch the most recent episode of AMC's Mad Men? Did you count the number of black people on one hand? We did.
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