AMC has earned critical praise and a sizable fanbase for its family drama Breaking Bad, the name of which I’m guessing refers to some kind of brownie recipe. The show is about a high school teacher and family man who teams up with an enterprising former student to make money through a bake drive, with violent results.
Recently though, Televised Bucketry has uncovered a shocking development : what Malcolm’s dad and Jesse are cooking is not cakes or pies or a nice lasagna, but an illegal drug known as crystal meth. To get to the bottom of this, I sat down with an important Hollywood insider.
Me: It’s time to come clean. Is it true that Breaking Bad is secretly about the manufacturing and selling of drugs?
Important Hollywood Insider: There’s nothing secret about it. The show focuses extensively on the drug trade. I don’t know how you could have possibly missed that.
Me: What about when Malcolm’s dad baked a pizza and threw it on his roof?
Important Hollywood Insider: He didn’t bake that pizza. You need to pay more attention when watching.
Me: I think a lot of people would buy pizzas from a good cook like Malcolm’s dad. Everyone was saying great things about his hard candy. Malcolm’s dad could start a pizzeria, Skyler could be a waitress, and Jesse could wash dishes. Then every episode would end with a heartwarming life lesson.
Important Hollywood Insider: Would you stop calling him Malcolm’s dad? Bryan Cranston is a fantastic actor who won three Emmys for his performance, and he deserves respect.
Me: I don’t know, he didn’t act like any chef I’ve ever met.
Shocking news, indeed. What remains to be seen is whether Breaking Bad’s fan base, who were drawn to it from the start because of its old-fashioned values and appropriateness for the younger set, will stick with the show now that it moves into such dark and morally questionable territory. Is a show about drug dealers something that you would let your children continue to watch? Sound off in my comments section and let AMC know how you feel.
