'Mad Men' posters upset some New Yorkers
March 1, 2012, 4:12 PM EST
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The producers of TV show "Mad Men" are defending their latest billboard ad campaign amid complaints from the families of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City.
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The posters, which show the silhouette of Jon Hamm's character Don Draper falling from a tall building, a theme that has always featured in the drama's opening credits, has upset some New Yorkers who claim the billboards are insensitive to those who jumped from the World Trade Center's high floors after planes hit the Twin Towers on Sept. 11.
Deborah Burlingame, whose father piloted one of the jets hijacked by terrorists on the fateful day, says, "I find it impossible to believe that any advertiser could be so stupid as to think you can put up a billboard in New York City which shows a human being tumbling down in space and not imagine that this will evoke the tragic memory of those poor souls on 9/11."
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But the "Mad Men" creators are fighting back, stating, "The image of Don Draper tumbling through space has been used since the show began in 2007 to represent a man whose life is in turmoil. "The image used in the campaign is intended to serve as a metaphor for what is happening in Don Draper's fictional life and in no way references actual events."
What do you think? Are the poster insensitive?
When did the stock market crash? Is that insensitive to those that threw themselves out of windows? Due to financial ruin...? Art and life. Though an imitation, art is meant to be interpreted as you will. You, in turn have to live with your interpretation, until, and if, it does real harm. In other words, using a tragic incident to quell art, because of a personal correlation is selfish.
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