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[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This the kind of surface level interpretation that makes me question people's ability to reason.

Edit: I was being harsh, ignore me lol

[-] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Sorry, I should have said that Skyler, the character, did nothing to deserve being disliked. The show was rigged to make you dislike her, in the sense that the storytelling was solely through Walt's eyes, even in scenes he wasn't present for.

But I didn't say that. Vince Gilligan, creator of the show, said it.

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/breaking-bad-vince-gilligan-skyler-white-sexist-backlash-1234754425/

I also called it a "power fantasy." The show's pitch was to show a man turning himself from "Mr. Chips to Scarface." It's not a criticism, I loved the show. It took the power fantasy tropes and subverted them frequently. But at its heart that's what it is.

If you're upset that I said that it was about toxic masculinity, then I apologize. That was reductive of me. It explores hegemonic masculinity through the power fantasy trope, and it can be interpreted as either a celebration of or criticism of toxic masculinity depending on how you approach it.

Plenty of more well reasoned people than I could hope to be have written in depth on the subject. Someone even wrote a book in the subject.

If you were reacting to thinking I was putting the show down, which I wasn't intending to do, then my bad. I could have worded it better. I was trying to make the point that it's both intentional to not like Skyler, and also the obvious wrong take to not like her.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Alright I love this, thank you! And I apologize for reacting strongly

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