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Flashcards by Charlotte Holland, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Charlotte Holland
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Breaking Bad Producer | Vince Gilligan |
| Breaking Bad Production Companies (x3) | Gran Via Productions Sony Picture Television High Bridge Entertainment |
| Breaking Bad Release Date | 20th January 2008 |
| Breaking Bad Broadcast Channel | AMC (on cable) |
| Breaking Bad Stars (x3) | Bryan Cranston Aaron Paul Anna Gunn |
| Breaking Bad Marketing and Promotion | "Transmedia" to expand characters 5 "mini-sodes" www.savewalterwhite.com competitions Facebook - "build a community of fans" app for self confessed 'BBaddicts' #goodbyebreakingbad - 500,000 tweets 26m gifs and 13m memes |
| Breaking Bad Genre | hybridity - merges genres and conventions crime drama black comedy western psychological drama US sitcom (ironic) |
| Breaking Bad Background and Context | 'long form' tv drama cable tv - funded by public more risky shows w. controversial topics Gilligan - "Mr Chips becoming Scarface" won a BAFTA (2014) |
| Breaking Bad Narrative | "Mr Chips to Scarface" - transformation of Walter circular narrative (episodes start at the end) 'Masculinity In Crisis' emergence of 'fight club' generation 'The American Dream' - myth life of crime has freed him from constraints of search for dream |
| Breaking Bad Representation of Walter White | powerless - no control over life/destiny not respected emasculation the everyman- clothes, car, values, conversation regains masculinity by breaking free of constraints through crime |
| Breaking Bad Audience Response | 6.5m Facebook fans (Aug. '13) 750,000 Twitter followers (Aug. '13) |
| Breaking Bad Audience Debate | moral and ethical debates over Walter's actions shows drug making industry of making money and as a means of entertainment |
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