Thursday, 15 March 2012

Explore representations of issues in Breaking Bad

Breaking bad is about a man called walter who starts to make and sell drugs with an ex student when he finds out he has cancer and he wants to secure his families financial difficulites before he dies. It is produced by AMC and is produced by Vince Gillian who also produced the X- files so the audience of X - files may also like Breaking Bad. Walter the protagonist wears glasses and dresses quite smartly and is a sterotypial teacher but when he fins our he has lung cancer he becomes a drug dealer to earn more money. Altough he turns to drugs and a life of crime he still maintains the same look but he does start to stick up for himself more and has more of a voice.
Jesse Pinkman is the sterotypical highschool drop out, we can tell this by the way he dresses for example he always wears very baggy clothes he also takes drugs and sells them. Walter and Jesse are an unlikely couple because of their differences but they are dependant on each other because they both need each other, Walter needs Jesse to help him make money and Jesse needs walter to help him make crystal meth. Their relationship shows the differences between the two because they argue and disagree alot but they always work together to get the job done.
Walters son Walter Jr has cerebral palsy and is represented as a sterotypical diabled person he has to go to the shops with his mum and dad to buy clothes. When they go to the shops the boys that are Walter Jr's age all laugh at him and make fun of him and Walter Jr shys away from them and tries to ignore them. Walter sticks up for his son, this shows a change in walter he is now trying to regain control in his life. 
We can tell who are the drugs dealers because they are sterotypical latino gangters. They have an expensive car and lots of tattoos. They are also very violent to Walter and Jesse when they find out that they have started making drugs.

1 comment:

  1. Good start, you make some interesting points. I like that you have included a little background information about the show. You need to make sure you are including the terminology in your writing a little more. Is he represented as a typical disabled person in every scene?

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