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New England Patriots’ Quarterback Tom Brady Call Coca Cola and Frosted Flakes Poison
New England football star slams processed foods as being “poison for kids” yet still made money advertising Coca Cola products Tom Brady Calls Coca-Cola ‘Poison’ for Kids from ABC News In another non-story this week, New England quarterback Tom Brady condemned Coca Cola and Frosted Flakes maker General Mills’ products as being “poison for kids” […]
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Television
Mad Men, Marshall McLuhan, and “Understanding Media“
The changing nature of consumption, and the changing nature of people – Mad Men and the consumerist fantasy of 1960’s US advertising Esquire’s Stephen Marche did an excellent piece tying together the themes of AMC‘s Mad Men with a master of advertising and media strategy Marshall McLuhan and his book Understanding Media, released in 1964. […]
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Television
Mad Men: Season 5, Episode 10 – ‘Christmas Waltz’ Review and Synopsis
We discover that Lane is a tax cheat and apparently has not paid his taxes to the sovereign back home in England. A friend tells him that it can all go away if he pays $8,000 in back taxes which is a massive amount. When his wife Rebecca asks him what he is doing awake […]
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Television
Mad Men: Season 5, Episode 9 – ‘Dark Shadows’ Review and Synopsis
This episode opens with a shot of Betty weighing out her cheese to accompany her morning toast to the soundtrack of a thunderstorm. This is likely as a part of a new diet regimen and Betty’s absence from the past few episodes makes her return a remarkable thing. Back at SCDP, Don reviews the work […]
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