Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Breaking Bad: Friendship Is Magic

The two TV shows I am most engaged with at the moment are Breaking Bad and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and they actually complement one another very well; the first is an all-out assault on hegemonic masculinity by depicting its disastrous consequences, and the latter an equally determined attempt to undermine emphasized femininity by showing a viable alternative.
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  1. devas the deathOctober 8, 2013 at 1:18 PM

    Huh, I hadn't actually thought of that

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  2. nullhypothesisOctober 9, 2013 at 2:03 AM

    There was an article in The AV Club where they said Breaking Bad might have demolished the anti-hero genre.

    Also, relevant (you're welcome).

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    1. FroborrOctober 9, 2013 at 8:04 AM

      That image is precisely what I needed this morning. Glorious!

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  3. ScarBearOctober 9, 2013 at 3:42 PM

    I just want to say, I have been saying this about BB forEVER and I would totally love to read an essay from you on the subject.

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    1. FroborrOctober 10, 2013 at 5:26 AM

      *shrugs* I'm on indefinite furlough courtesy of the Tealiban, so it's entirely possible this could happen.

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