Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Breaking Bad

Last week my social psychology classes were going over persuasion. Which was pretty funny as I was also watching the entire Breaking Bad series as a marathon with my husband. Awesome series btw ;) Since "everyone" has been talking about it the last few weeks my Honeybunny and I have been avoiding any news about it lest the series finale be spoiled for us. I did happen to read an NPR post discussing how use of the Kuleshov Effect was purposefully and liberally used throughout the series to make the audience continue to care about Walter White, even throughout his slippery sloping slide from fairly normal person to a truly despicable human being.

We've finally watched the entire season! The finale did not disappoint! Not going to discuss the ending in case anyone is doing the same thing we did and haven't reached the end yet :)

I do wonder if my students have picked up on any of the other ways that the powers that be at Breaking Bad continued to make us care about Mr. White, there are many, not just the use of the Kuleshov Effect. I do think our culture of violence and individualism over collectivism also might contribute to this Breaking Bad phenomenon.

The following is the link to the NPR article, Point of View: How So Many Rooted For Breaking Bad's Walter White
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/09/27/224437071/point-of-view-how-so-many-rooted-for-breaking-bads-walter-white?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

The Kuleshov Effect:





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  1. danzig138October 9, 2013 at 8:17 AM

    Wait, what? I was supposed to care about WW? I wanted to see him go down hard from about the 2nd season on.

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  2. Mr. ScratchOctober 9, 2013 at 8:24 AM

    I also believe that we are results driven culture. Much more than we give lip service to. Especially if we can call the cause just. The ends do justify the means. This isn't a recent (I suppose to be accurate I would have to define recent.) trend but one that seems inimical to human nature. At least the bits of it that I have studied.

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