It’s been on how many years ?
I clicked past and stopped to look at a scene just for the sake of noting it.
The scene was the wife in a rental space with a pile of cash under a tarp, and telling the husband she didn’t know what else to do with it.
Now, if you’re telling me a 15-year old boy would not be affected by that...
As I said earlier, the only way the show would be able to present it in an appropriate way for a young person would be for the main character to get murdered by drug dealers at the end of episode 1, and that’s a wrap on the series.
Otherwise, it’s a multi-year soap opera that induces quite a few young people to entertain the notion that, while they may “eventually” pay the price, they can live a pretty cool life for a few years while they distribute drugs.
I’ve personally known people who felt sure they would not live to an old age, so that justified them doing all sorts of wrong things. When we’re young, we don’t think that far ahead (well, most of us). Many people will gladly trade their future for what they want now.
I’ve seen good kids go bad right before my eyes.
TV helps them to go bad. So does their music. So do their friends.
It’s called pop culture.
Bad is good. Good is bad.
Young people that are teetering on going bad themselves don’t sit and think about the directing, the cinematography, the character development, etc., they simply think wow, what a cool show, the teacher made meth.
“I clicked past and stopped to look at a scene just for the sake of noting it.”
And in that one sentence you have laid bare your ignorance of the subject matter. You know little to nothing about the show. Watching one episode every now and then again might give you that impression. Watching the show start to finish leaves you with another entirely.
“The scene was the wife in a rental space with a pile of cash under a tarp, and telling the husband she didn’t know what else to do with it.
Now, if you’re telling me a 15-year old boy would not be affected by that...”
A 15-year old boy might be affected by that. If, however, that same 15-year old boy had watched what a death sentence that same pile of money has turned into in ensuing episodes it might have affected him in other ways. It’s called context. Look it up. You will be a better person for it.
“Otherwise, it’s a multi-year soap opera that induces quite a few young people to entertain the notion that, while they may “eventually” pay the price, they can live a pretty cool life for a few years while they distribute drugs”
Again, if you actually knew the show you would know what a path to destruction the drug world presents for the young people involved. Destruction. Total destruction. It drags on the heart.
“I’ve personally known people who felt sure they would not live to an old age, so that justified them doing all sorts of wrong things. When we’re young, we don’t think that far ahead (well, most of us). Many people will gladly trade their future for what they want now.”
Oh, so you’re the one. The only person in America who knows people involved in the drug trade or associated results. You know the only kids who have given up their future for a period of momentary glory derived from quick money?
Good God Almighty. Get over yourself.
“Young people that are teetering on going bad themselves don’t sit and think about the directing, the cinematography, the character development, etc., they simply think wow, what a cool show, the teacher made meth.”
No, they don’t. Not by themselves. At least most of them. But, BUT, I would not let my own kids idly sit and watch something like “Breaking Bad.” It’s too much for them to process and understand without someone else there to gauge and understand their reaction to it. It’s not a Saturday morning cartoon show and no one has made it out to be that. It is a serious adult piece. It is, however, a fantastic bit of story-telling of despair, pain, and wrong-doing that if you are doing your bit as a parent can be used to demonstrate a moral point. And it does that by the ton.
“Breaking Bad” is not pop culture. It’s about as far from it as you can get. Again, knowing the subject matter upon which you speak is a huge benefit. It teaches the moral pitfalls of doing the wrong things for the right reasons. It teaches that evil, no matter how well intentioned, precludes evil in return. It teaches that there is no “little white lie”....all lies are bad and will return to bight you in the end.
This show is about an otherwise good guy who decides to cut some corners in an attempt to make a quick gain in order to benefit his family and how it ultimately costs him everything in return. Love, life, faith. All gone because of bad decisions.