Breaking Bad: A 2am analysis
I feel like I should preface this by saying that almost every episode I’ve seen of Breaking Bad has been viewed while also cross-stitching. I do really love the emotional contrast this provides, but this is also a bit of a difficult show to watch while multitasking. The visual payoff is half the reward, and sometimes I find myself getting lost in the aesthetics of the show and forgetting which line I’m cross-stitching. Anyway… multitasking is bad for you don’t do it! Even though I really enjoy this show, I enjoy being a killjoy even more, and I could not stop thinking about how there’s probably like a million adolescent boys who idolize Walter White. But that’s a bit beside the point; the point being that this show made me think about the lies we tell men, generally as a society and on an individual level as a means of preserving peace. I think Breaking Bad does a great job of pointing out the harmful effects of the patriarchy without perhaps even meaning to....