When Mad Men arrived on HBO Max earlier this week, after years languishing on the less-subscribed-to AMC+ service, the streamer’s parent company, Warner Bros., heralded it as a triumph. Finally, the much-acclaimed Emmy magnet would be available to watch in glorious 4K resolution; viewers would now have “the opportunity to enjoy the series in a fresh way,” as the WB executive Royce Battleman trumpeted. And the results certainly were fresh: For the first time ever, Mad Men fans could enjoy such sights as behind-the-scenes technicians operating Roger Sterling’s “vomit hose” as he unleashed a three-martini lunch on the carpets of Sterling Cooper.
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