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  Experiment as Plot

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  Sarah O'Brien Georgia Institute of Technology

  September 10, 2013

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  really an experiment from the beginning,” Bryan Cranston reflected in the debut episode of “The Writers’ ... connections (at least for me—I’m a humanities scholar). Not so in the world of “Breaking Bad.” What I find so ...
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  The Cinematic as Force

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  Angelo Restivo GSU Moving Image Studies

  March 18, 2019

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  expression in all manner of moving images in the vastly expanded mediascape of today. In order to begin to ... increases the level of intensity of the magnetic field, the objects in the evidence vault begin to be thrown ... value, guilt or innocence. We can then begin to understand the arbitrariness of these judgments, of these ...
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  Process Makes Perfect: Breaking Bad's Visual and Narrative Obsession

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  Pete Rorabaugh Kennesaw State University

  September 09, 2013

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  beginning with the selection of equipment from Walter’s high school storeroom and the introduction of the RV ...
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  Serial Characterization and Inferred Interiority

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  December 14, 2011

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  Serial Characterization and Inferred Interiority seriality Popular Seriality interiority character Breaking Bad Curator's Note One great challenge facing moving image media is portraying a character’s interior thoughts and emotions. While literature ...
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  The bacon matters: Food in non-food TV

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  Helle von Bargen University of Copenhagen

  November 27, 2013

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  The bacon matters: Food in non-food TV TV studies Parks and Recreation food media Breaking Bad Curator's Note There is an increasing and exciting academic literature about food on TV (e.g. TV chefs, cooking shows) and food on film (especially the &qu ...
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  AMC’s Breaking Bad and the Myth of the Frontier

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  Lisa Weckerle Kutztown University

  April 29, 2018

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  AMC’s Breaking Bad and the Myth of the Frontier Breaking Bad colonization New Visions of the Old West Curator's Note According to Slotkin, “…the Myth [of the Frontier] represented the redemption of American spirit or fortune as something to be achiev ...