Book · 2017 · Performing Arts
Breaking Bad
A Cultural History
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They pointed to Breaking Bad, uh, for example, the famous Walter White scene where he tries to absolve Skylar uh, on the phone.
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Breaking bad is out of New Mexico there two guys in a trailer cooking basically a food truck that [__] ran off theate that's a madeup show but no one questioned it no one's like that that ain't happening out there everybody's like yeah that's what happens out there.
Theo Von This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Apr 2019 Why people recommend it
Breaking Bad by Lara C. Stache is a media study and cultural analysis of the critically acclaimed television series starring Bryan Cranston as Walter White. On Breaking Points, host Emily Jashinsky referenced the title and its famous narrative arc—specifically the memorable scene where Walter White attempts to absolve Skyler over the phone—to draw a sharp parallel to a current news story involving leaked text messages. Jashinsky used the dramatic television moment to illustrate how real-life figures sometimes manage public narratives. Meanwhile, on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, host Theo Von and guest Nate Bargatze discussed the show as a quintessential pop-cultural association with New Mexico, joking about two characters cooking in a trailer and how the premise felt entirely plausible for the region. Both podcast discussions utilized the cultural footprint of Breaking Bad to ground complex real-world commentary or comedic banter in widely recognized television tropes. The references demonstrated how deeply the series and its accompanying analyses have embedded themselves into contemporary political discourse and general comedic conversation alike.
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Emily Jashinsky They pointed to Breaking Bad, uh, for example, the famous Walter White scene where he tries to absolve Skyl… 1
“They pointed to Breaking Bad, uh, for example, the famous Walter White scene where he tries to absolve Skylar uh, on the phone.”
Theo Von breaking bad is out of New Mexico there two guys in a trailer cooking basically a food truck that [__] ran… 1
“breaking bad is out of New Mexico there two guys in a trailer cooking basically a food truck that [__] ran off theate that's a madeup show but no one questioned it no one's like that that ain't happening out there everybody's like yeah that's what happens out there”
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Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“as anyone who's made it far enough and Breaking Bad knows that eventually if it gets hot enough they'll pop like popcorn”
“you can do uh the old Breaking Bad Trick you can leave your cell phone somewhere else”