If anything, Magic City is closest to Mad Men in that not a whole lot happens as series creator and writer Mitch Glazer tries to set up his complex worldview. The hotel is Ike’s baby, and he doesn’t want anyone - union, Ben, politicians, police - to tell him how to run it.Īlthough Magic City has the same era-specific mannered perfection as Mad Men, plus the mobster element of The Sopranos, the series is doing its own thing (Miami and the Cuban connection being a helpful delineation). Plus, on New Year’s Eve, with Frank Sinatra in the house for two sets, the Miramar is surrounded by pickets as organizers try to force Ike to unionize. That was fine when Ben was living in Havana, but with Cuba about to fall to Castro, Ben has returned and wants more. Although he seems like the luckiest man alive as a widower now married to the gorgeous Vera Evans ( Olga Kurylenko), Ike sold 49 percent ownership to Ben “The Butcher” Diamond ( Danny Huston) to get the hotel built. The series, at least in the early going, seems content to show how much the Miramar means to Ike - how the former cabana boy’s dream needs to be protected at all costs. PHOTOS: ‘Mad Men’ Season 5 Premiere Red-Carpet Arrivals 'Outlander' Prequel Set at Starz, Gets Title
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