and also, adding on to the toxic masculinity among the breaking fan base. have you ever been to the breaking bad reddit and tried presenting an alternative idea? you’re immediately downvoted like a mf, and everyone goes on the offensive. it’s actually kind of insane
This is the first video i’ve watched that talked about that scene with skylar. it never sat right with me. im on my 3rd rewatch and i’ve had to skip that scene because it makes me so uncomfortable
I've only just finished the series (late, I know) and it is insane to me that this is the only RU-vid video I could find with the words Breaking Bad and Toxic Masculinity in the title Thank you for posting this! I loved it
What I like most about this scene is when Skyler is speaking with Walt while Walt Jr is in the back of the scene, like overhearing. The way that the death of Hank comes out feels like if a disturbing secret of reality has been revealed to the characters, like a horrifying and inevitable thruth that instantly breaks their sanity. Walt knows that Skyler figured out that Hank is dead, but he doesn't want her to say it. She does it anyway but with low volume, but Walt Jr hears it. That makes the reveal seem even more like this humanly impossible thruth that they shouldn't have access to, and you watch as the whole universe built in the series gets thorn apart just with Skyler's whisper.
thanks for a great video can you please do me a favour and turn on the auto-generated CC? it takes about maybe 30 seconds but it will help a lot of viewers, including me. thank youuu~~
Anyone who can’t see that the show is about toxic masculinity is blind. I noticed it the first time watching, Hank never came across as cool or macho, he came off as scared and insecure. His pride (spoilers) Quite literally leads to his death
Skylar wasn’t the most annoying character. And it’s funny how the show frames everything so cliche, just for it to be flipped on its head. Marie was shown to be a ditzy, but she’s actually super complex and strong in her own right
Walter could just accept Elliot's money or accept a well paid job using skills that would be useful to the company But no, the stupid ego had to make him say no
Love the vid! One thing you didn't touch upon is just how rusty and dingy the truck he's driving is. It looks like something out of a horror film that a monster would drive (I'm reminded of the truck from "Jeepers Creepers"). Seeing Walt drive that truck just immediately cements him as a monster in my mind.
For me my sympathy for Walt was gone when he poisoned the kid. Before he did kill or let kill criminal adults. People who would ve killed him or people close to him. So thats justified. Gale and the people who indirectly died through Walts actions like in the plane crash already were hard tests. But Gale still was another criminal, producing an awful drug. The plane crash was too inderect. In the end it was still the decision of Janes dad who thought he is fit for work even tho he wasnt at all. Anyways. Putting a childs life in danger with poisoning is the red line. Walt isnt supposed to be the hero of the show anyways. Thats Hank.
Like skyler isnt suckin d the second she dont get her way and marie isnt a petty theif and saul doesnt have a criminal receptionist who will lie about a car accident and lydia wont ship meth across the globe. This is liberal hivemind programming that is selective to the interests of the democrat agenda
I would also like to add to the discussion of the 'face mask' scene (tw for the discussion of misogyny and rape ahead): In the scene where Walt rapes Skyler, I find the scene to be almost eerily loaded with associations of hyperfeminity. If Walt conforms to the masculine trait of being the provider, Sklyer is the homemaker - often associated with "belonging in the kitchen", both seen as nurturing and mocking depending on the tones of discussion. Skyler also continously displays small acts of selfcare, such as applying lotion or brushing her hair in front of a mirror. When Skyler is shown in this scene as in her morning robe and having just catered to a morning ritual of selfcare elements, ending with a facemask, she arguably displays a high level of feminity that contrasts Walt, even more so in this scene (which is highlighted by the fact that at the time the show aired, selfcare such as a simple act of applying lotion was seen as something exclusively feminine, or even more so, vain). Playing into elements of toxic masculinity, it becomes even easier for viewers that agree with Walt to condemn Skyler. Her feminity becomes vanity, and her refusal to engage with Walt consensually in this scene where he feels almost drunk/high on power and ego, becomes a scene of hyperfeminity rejecting masculity, not just toxic masculinity to the people who already strongly dislike Skyler due to (internalised) misogyny. Instead of being seen as the victim of domestic abuse and rape she is in this scene, to a view distorted by toxic masculinity she once again becomes a symbol of feminity and womanhood, emasculating a man for denying him what he wants. Bascially, she is over and over condemned throughout the show for *not* putting Walt's wants over her own needs, as a mother, a wife, even just a person. And especially with the aspects of frat culture you touched upon, this is incredibly chilling and awful to think about. edit: spelling
What in Oblivion are you talking about? She is in no way perfect, no breaking bad character is. But she's just some normal person who has to deal with being forced to live with the most notorious drug king pin in the United States of America, who kills people and has people who will kill him and his entire family.
