{"id":657894,"date":"2026-05-08T14:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/657894\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:35:10","slug":"open-thread-may-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/657894\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread: May 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Stephanie Klube, Kyle Humphrey, Mary Lynn Ashby, Sarah Parrish, Jon Hamm, Alexa Alemanni, Jennifer\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"w91vxg0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-564047039.jpg\"\/><img alt=\"Stephanie Klube, Kyle Humphrey, Mary Lynn Ashby, Sarah Parrish, Jon Hamm, Alexa Alemanni, Jennifer\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"w91vxg0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-564047039.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Klube, Kyle Humphrey, Mary Lynn Ashby, Sarah Parrish, Jon Hamm, Alexa Alemanni, Jennifer Schumaker, Dawn Anderson, Carolyn Pask. Some of the cast of Mad Men including Jon Hamm, standing in background. Set of Mad Men, a new AMC series about ad men in the Fifties in New York, which offers a different look at the era \u0096 a wild, smoke\u0096filled, alcohol\u0096fueled, sexist, racist time when white men were on the cusp of losing cultural control. The set, and costumes, have been minutely detailed, down to full ashtrays, and flabby upper arms for the secretaries. 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