Mad Men

1. Heather Havrilesky's main insight about Mad Men is that it is showing America, how the history was not so good, how we are always begging for more, how there is such a disconnect between "the American dream and reality". She is focusing on the American Dream, which started in the 50's and how this show is based of the 60's and really just showing the American Society. She states that Don, (the main character?) leaves his marriage for a new ad firm but really doesn't even commit to anything. This shows how people don't even care as much about family as their jobs, and in the end can't even commit to that. Throughout all of her writing she uses the characters and explains their roles in the show, and in the society which really does fit the American society and how era is for Americans.
2. Heather establishes her authority by being able to clearly set out the whole summary of the show, and all its seasons. You can tell that she has either done some research on this show or just knows and has seen everything about it. Another way that she establishes her authority is by not only summarizing the whole show but being able to perfectly apply it to as she says "the American dream" and just how the Americans worked in the 50's-60's.
3. Heather appeals to readers' emotions by actually including us into her work by showing us what the American dream looks like and what went on and still does in America. How there are people who would rather stay with their job than their wife, and how people are begging for more when they don't seem to be too happy about what they already have. She appeals to readers' emotions by comparing the situations now to what they were in the 50's and 60's.
4. I have never seen Mad Men before and it seems very interesting by what Havrilesky had to say about it, but I don't know if I would watch it because I'm not sure if it is the kind of types of shows I like but she does make it sound very interesting and it seems like a very good show.