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In this introduction, Jane Marcellus contends that Mad Men’s enduring relevance lies in its ability to draw viewers to a place just outside obvious interpretation and into the lives of characters who are far more than set pieces for a contentious decade. During the show’s run (2007–2015), viewers never knew how an episode of Mad Men would end, but they knew the ending would linger, drawing the imagination to a place just outside obvious interpretation—a place where, as the show’s tagline proclaimed, ‘The Truth Lies’. Pointing out that the book offers interpretation of the entire show from multiple global perspectives, the introduction includes an overview of the book’s structure, with brief chapter summaries.
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Marcellus, J. (2019). Introduction: Where the Truth Still Lies. In: McNally, K., Marcellus, J., Forde, T., Fairclough, K. (eds) The Legacy of Mad Men. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31091-2_1
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