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Sphaerocypraea OP t1_iqqi8hw wrote

Reply to comment by SidJag in Utopia”: meaning ‘no place’; from Greek: οὐ (not’) and τόπος (‘place’) by Sphaerocypraea

I hadn’t heard of the series ‘Madmen’ previously (I’m not in US and didn’t even own a TV during the years it aired); but have just read a bit about it and seems a fascinating study of 1960s America, maybe I’ll check it out.

Does the title of the series also reference Ancient Greece? (“For instance, I remember someone asking Sophocles, the poet, whether he was still capable of enjoying a woman. ‘Don’t talk in that way,’ he answered; ‘I am only too glad to be free of all that; it is like escaping from bondage to a raging madman.” - Plato)

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Vladimir_Putting t1_iqqqrai wrote

One of the best shows ever made. But it's a slow burn drama.

Don't go in expecting thrills or action like Breaking Bad or the Wire.

"Mad Men" comes from a amalgamation of "Madison Ave" and "Ad Men". Mix that with their general patterns of behavior and you arrive at "Mad Men".

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SnowyEssence t1_iqqojct wrote

Could be, but in the show it mentioned that they were called mad men because ad agencies worked on Madison Avenue in New York. They were called Mad Men for that reason. Though the protagonist Don Draper doesn’t really have any compass on where to go in life, but thats for another discussion.

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