[skookumchuck]

The point of the show is social commentary on today via an imaginary view of the 1960s. Just like Battlestar Galactica was thinly disguised commentary on the Iraq war.

I'd be careful taking it as an accurate picture of the 1960s. Hollywood pieces, even period pieces (and most especially period pieces) are creatures of the time in which they were filmed, not when they are set.

[tptacek]

I think you've missed my point.

[skookumchuck]

Mad Men isn't historical evidence of anything. It's a fiction. It's as relevant as The Planet of the Apes.