After digtg the game-changg season fale, take a moment to reflect on the gay and lbian characters of the 'Mad Men' universe. WARNING: SPOILERS!
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Salvatore "Sal" Romano worked for the Sterlg Cooper Advertisg Agency advertisg agency. ("Smoke Gets Your Ey") Sal was an Italian-Amerin om Baltimore, MD and a closeted gay man. Lois Sadler had a csh on him and he also received advanc om Ellt Lawrence, a salman for Belle... * salvatore romano gay *
("Smoke Gets Your Ey") Sal was an Italian-Amerin om Baltimore, MD and a closeted gay man. Sal did not engage any homosexual activy, however. Sal's wife beme trated by Sal's refal to have sex wh her, and began to spect that he was gay after seeg his enthiastic scriptn of Ann-Margret's performance Bye Bye, Birdie as part of his work for his new Pat Cola mercial.
Sal was fashnable and suave — and to ntemporary dienc, clearly gay; however, beg the 1960s, Sal was the closet, passg for straight. Mad Men's stg breakdown ma two pots about Sal: He was the artistic director of Sterlg Cooper and, to a morn dience, was clear that he was gay, but not to the world of 1960.
Beg a gay man, I knew what that was like.
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Gay activists and many others would be pleased to know that Matt was adamant about havg a gay man play this part.
That never me up durg the dn—I'd like to thk I wasn't st bee I was gay—but was nice to hear those words. But uld you do ls gay? Both gay and straight.
Salvator "Sal" Romano Sal, the Italian-Amerin, Ann Margaret-lovg art director of Sterlg Cooper, was the origal gay character of Mad Men. Hearts broke for the sweet, sad man trapped 1960s homophobia, and when he fally got the urage to sleep wh a bellboy, he was ught the act by his boss, Don Draper. He's the first out and proud gay character of the seri.