https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2008/07/09/a-man-is-whatever-room-he-is-in/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:28:57 -0400<![CDATA[Just arrived from Amazon is the DVD collection of the first season of AMC&#8217;s Mad Men, a show about which I&#8217;ve written several times previously. But the package is fascinating: its four DVDs are encased in a nifty giant tin mock cigarette lighter, and inside is an ad for a pair of actual working Zippo lighters embossed with the Mad Men logo. The inserted ad recalls an earlier sponsorship of the show. They&#8217;re reminders that the producers of Mad Men want to have it both ways&#8211;they want to look down upon their characters for smoking and excessive drinking (pretty rich coming from hedonistic Hollywood), but simultaneously, they&#8217;re happy to use their series on the excesses of advertising to advertise the exact vices the show condemns. Now that&#8217;s postmodern entertainment!]]>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:16:30 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2008/07/09/a-man-is-whatever-room-he-is-in-n236999