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About this sample
About this sample
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3 min read
Published: Jun 9, 2021
Words: 506|Page: 1|3 min read
Published: Jun 9, 2021
On January 20, 2008, AMC television network released a, soon to be a major hit, television show called, Breaking Bad. This T.V. show is about A chemistry teacher named Walter White. He was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer that was going to end his life in just 2 years. He wasn’t able to pay for the treatment, so he turned to the drug business to try and pay for it. He had a wife named Skyler White. She was a short-story writer and a bookkeeper. They had a son named Walter White Jr, who had suffered from cerebral palsy. The family would reside in Albuquerque, New Mexico. An article published on DailyMail.com, written by Alexandra Klausner, titled “'Breaking Bad good or bad? The popular tv show faces criticism for 'glorifying' meth.”
She wrote about how the idea of the show would impact different kinds of people in different ways. In this article, there were way more cons than pros, according to Klausner. Klausner received a quote from Blake Ewing, an assistant district attorney from Austin, Texas. He said, “It’s the greatest show of all time, but may actually draw more people closer to experimenting with the drug.” On the other hand, Ewing claims, “while the show, may not glorify meth in the sense of making it attractive to the average viewer, it does normalize the idea of meth for a broad segment of society that might otherwise have no knowledge of that dark and dangerous world.” So in this case, the show might possibly educate people about what to look for and be aware of certain surroundings. Ewing, being a prosecutor in Austin, Texas, is located in a town where methamphetamine is a conundrum. “Just because the show is good, doesn't mean that's not bad,” says Ewing. Klausner then states, “Even though he (Ewing) thinks that Breaking Bad is great art, he reminds audiences that, great art affects culture negatively.” With help from Ewing, now Klausner has a rebuttal for his argument. She claimed that the show would possibly increase the number of people to work with the life-threatening drug of methamphetamine and believes that “the use of meth in the show, may “normalize” meth amongst users.” To her knowledge now, she had found a toy company called, “Citizen Brick” (no affiliation with LEGO), that makes a playset called “Superlab.” This company released this set for children to build their very own drug lab. What’s inside are exact replicas of what the lab looked like in the T.V. show complete with “fake” names like, worlds best grandpa, AKA, Mike Ehrmantraut. Also, included in the kit is the “chemistry enthusiast” character, AKA, Walter White. Lastly, the “chicken enthusiast,” AKA, Gus Fring, an undercover meth dealer and the owner of the fried chicken company, Los Pollos Hermanos, in Breaking Bad.
Overall, I think Klausner has all her facts correct and Breaking Bad is a bad influence on society today. It shows the meth lab(s), violence, and all the Mexican cartels killing people to get what they want, their drug.
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