My conclusion is that Mad Men is abstract, like some of the art in the series.
Don Draper
Television Review: “Mad Men” – Reflections on the Finale
The revolution may be televised, but it is also going to be packaged and sold back to us.
Short Fuse: Meditating on the Psychedelic Realism of “Mad Men”
But there’s something else going on in “Mad Men,” all the more because it’s latent, unannounced, episode by episode. It’s this thing about art and advertising, and the difference, circa that era, if any.