The Treatment

Matthew Weiner

Wen it started three seasons ago, Mad Men was a show not good enough for HBO. Now the rest of TV struggles to keep up with it. Creator Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos, Becker) discusses keeping the show ahead of the curves.

By Elvis Mitchell • Nov 4, 2009 • 27m Listen

When it started three seasons ago, Mad Men was a show not good enough for HBO. Now the rest of television struggles to keep up with it. Creator Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos, Becker) discusses keeping the show ahead of the curves.

Weiner talks about writing for television, studying film, the character of Don Draper and hegemony of white men, the price of assimilating into American culture, the subconscious, physical beauty and the intimacy of human life, and being the repository of other people's pain.

Elvis Mitchell
host of KCRW’s The Treatment
Gemma Dempsey
Producer of Global Gig Guide, The Treatment
Matthew Weiner
Emmy Award-winning writer, director and producer

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The Treatment

Matthew Weiner

Wen it started three seasons ago, Mad Men was a show not good enough for HBO. Now the rest of TV struggles to keep up with it. Creator Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos, Becker) discusses keeping the show ahead of the curves.

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The Treatment

Matthew Weiner

Wen it started three seasons ago, Mad Men was a show not good enough for HBO. Now the rest of TV struggles to keep up with it. Creator Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos, Becker) discusses keeping the show ahead of the curves.

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