Maggie Evans Vs. Megan Draper, Round 2

Jessica Paré as Megan Draper on AMC's MAD MEN.

Actress/writer KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT takes the television show MAD MEN to task in a feature column over at VARIETY. Well, it's not so much the program she had a problem with, as much as it is the negative attitude expressed by character Megan Draper about auditioning for a "piece of crap" program called DARK SHADOWS. According to Scott, one of the stars of DARK SHADOWS, Megan needs to quit her whining. Here a sample of her thoughts about hearing the '60s horror serial trashed on MAD MEN:

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Megan’s trajectory as a young actress in New York was quite different from mine, probably because I did not live in a Park Avenue apartment with a handsome, wealthy ad exec while launching an acting career. Any actor who’s lived in a spooky fifth-floor walkup with five deadbolts knows what I’m talking about. That’s probably why I more readily identify with Julia, who pointedly told Megan, “Some of us act for a living and we wait tables when we don’t.”

That was my life, too.

You can read the rest HERE.

Megan Draper's sour words about DARK SHADOWS isn't the only connection between the two soaps. Actor DAVID SELBY, who played immortal rogue Quentin Collins on the '60s soap, has appeared on MAD MEN, as has JOANNA GOING (Victoria Winters in the 1991 DARK SHADOWS "revival") and MARLEY SHELTON (Victoria Winters in the unaired 2004 DARK SHADOWS television pilot.)

From left, DARK SHADOWS alumni MARLEY SHELTON, JOANNA GOING and DAVID SELBY on MAD MEN.