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‘Mad Men’ Finale Turns 10: Why ‘Person to Person’ Was a Perfect Hour of TV
- Jon Hamm marks ten years since Mad Men's finale 'Person to Person' aired on May 17, 2015, reflecting on his evolution from Don Draper to Andrew 'Coop' Cooper in Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors.
- This transition arose from Hamm navigating Post-Iconic-Role Syndrome while embracing a new role that critiques the hollow pursuit of wealth in today's post-Succession cultural moment.
- Cooper, a divorced ex-finance man living in a New York suburb, runs a criminal enterprise exploiting the wealthy's insecurities and need for validation through luxury goods, offering a cynical view Draper never grasped.
- Cooper’s remarks about rushing through life without pausing to confront difficult questions, along with his observations about ‘empty people,’ underscore his philosophical distance from the ideal of the American Dream, which he ultimately views as meaningless.
- Hamm's career shift symbolizes America's reassessment of success and happiness, suggesting that "perhaps having less is more," challenging the longstanding national identity tied to material ownership.
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‘Mad Men’ Finale Turns 10: Why ‘Person to Person’ Was a Perfect Hour of TV
The AMC period drama’s finale left its core characters a little better than they were when it started — and left its viewers with an ending open to interpretation.
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Jon Hamm 10 years after Don Draper
It’s remarkable to watch Jon Hamm, a decade after the finale of Mad Men aired on May 17, 2015, navigate the treacherous waters of Post-Iconic-Role Syndrome that other actors have drowned in. While the ghosts of Harry Potter and James…
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