5 April 2013 12:30 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
It seems like we've been waiting for April 7 forever. Mad Men! Come back to us! Now that the show is indeed back (or just about), it's time to reengage with our favorite TV pastime: analyzing the themes, symbols, and imagery that seem to suck us deeper into Don Draper's world week by week. Keep an eye out for these motifs if you want to play along with the super-close readings of Mad Men.1. Doors It's not just season three's "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." Just about every episode of Mad Men has some kind of threshold scene — someone standing in the hall while someone else is standing in his or her apartment; a shot that follows a character all the way into an office and then watches as they shut the door; fumbling for one's keys trying to get home. When you change how you feel, you change »
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