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Mad Men ran for seven seasons from 2007 to 2015.
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SINGAPORE –There are few more depressing experiences than bingeing on American producer Matthew Weiner’s portrait of middle-class, middle-aged American men and women in 1960-set television series Mad Men (2007 to 2015).
The sophisticated writing takes its time, with characters’ happiness scarce and almost always stolen. Advertising maestro Don Draper, the character that made the name of the handsome Jon Hamm, has all the talent, as well as a beautiful wife, but cannot stop himself from endlessly chasing something elusive.
