By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 03 May 2015 22:14:00 +0000

Joan: When last seen, Joan was freaking because she was the only partner who wasn’t offered a client by the giant ad agency that ate our heroes. Her interpretation was that they weren’t going to ever take her seriously at the new agency. I think the opposite is going to play out. It’s 1970 and Joan is in the catbird seat. Joan is a woman who made partner at an advertising agency. My bet is that the corporate monster wants to use her to market to a massive number of clients who are under increasing pressure to have a woman in a position of influence and who can be played by an agency that has a woman in an important position. My bet is that Joan is going to be offered it all: a major role at a major agency and a permanent romantic partner who is everything any woman could dream of. That is going to suck as bad as anything Joan has had to deal with before – and I think she’s going to choose the business, not the romance. She may rationalize that she’s paving the way for women like Peggy to follow her but I think Joan is going to discover that if she can indulge her drive for success that is what she’s going to go after.

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By: Eileen