"Mad Men" is a programme about modern geometry, about the boxes and compartments people occupy (the low-angle shots consistently emphasizing the lids, as well as the walls, doors and windows), the frames they create around themselves and one another: family, sex, romance, work... houses, offices, apartments, motels, beds... past, present and future..."The Ladies and the Boxes" is mostly about the boxes Don creates for Sally, Megan and Faye -- and how the ladies fit or don't fit into them.
View this video essay for an insight into deeper textual meanings around the representation of women within 'Mad Men'.
From Jim Emerson on Vimeo.
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