Lunch with Matthew Weiner is not at any of the Midtown Manhattan watering holes frequented by characters from Mad Men, his acclaimed 1960s-set television series about New York advertising executives. Instead, he has chosen Café Boulud, a smart French restaurant on the Upper East Side near the corner of Madison Avenue. It is a mile or so uptown from the cradle of the US advertising industry but it feels appropriate to be so close to the long avenue that inspired the title of Weiner’s show (the Mad in Mad Men refers to Madison) and which continues to serve as home to many agencies.
與馬修?維納(Matthew Weiner)共進(jìn)午餐的地方，根本不是《廣告狂人》(Mad Men)中三教九流時(shí)常光顧的曼哈頓中城(Midtown Manhattan)的任何一個(gè)酒吧。《廣告狂人》這部賣座美劇講述的是上世紀(jì)60年代紐約廣告業(yè)經(jīng)理人的奮斗故事。相反，維納選中了法式時(shí)尚餐廳Café Boulud，它位于麥迪遜大道(Madison Avenue)拐角處不遠(yuǎn)處的上東區(qū)(Upper East Side)，距離美國廣告業(yè)發(fā)源地僅一英里路程，但維納選中如此接近麥迪遜大道的餐廳，考慮頗為周全。因?yàn)檎沁@條長長的麥迪遜大道啟發(fā)了維納這部美劇的片名，《廣告狂人》中的“Mad”一詞指的就是Madison（麥迪遜），而且麥迪遜大道至今仍是眾多廣告公司的大本營。