"With its twisty serialized plots, compelling antiheroes, and stylish production, Breaking Bad has become a signature series for a new golden age of television, in which some premium cable shows have acquired the cultural prestige usually reserved for the cinema. In Breaking Bad…
Angelo Restivo uses the innovative show Breaking Bad as a point of departure for theorizing a new aesthetics of television in which the concept of the cinematic points to the ways in which television can change the ways viewers relate to and interact with the world.
"Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad is a central work in the recent renaissance in television-making. The visionary scope and complexity of the series demand rigorous critical analysis. This collection of new essays focuses on a variety of themes. Walter White is discussed as father,…
Breaking bad and philosophy
by Arp, Robert, Koepsell, David R.
fromPopular culture and philosophy
"Breaking Bad, hailed by Stephen King, Chuck Klosterman, and many others as the best of all TV dramas, tells the story of a man whose life changes because of the medical death sentence of an advanced cancer diagnosis. The show depicts his metamorphosis from inoffensive chemistry…
Long description:>>The Sopranos<<,>>Lost<<,>>The Wire<<,>>Mad Men<<,>>Breaking Bad<<usw. - die amerikanische Fernsehserie der Gegenwart ist von enormer Vielfalt, ästhetischen Besonderheiten sowie beachtlichem Publikumserfolg geprägt. Doch was ist wirklich>>neu<<an den sogenannte…
