Probably, the only remarkable part of Breaking Bad, 5th season, is the end. As oppose to the endings in the previous two last seasons, there is no tension built in this end. It comes out of the blue and to me sounds implausible. But it is effective -Hank unravels the key figures of the Sudoku while sitting in the throne, poo-pooing. A scatological moment in the 5th up to the adrenaline levels released in the 3rd and 4th.
Interesting angle -a shade of grays scatters from it. For the sweet-toothy, the moment displays a whole array of savors to rub the palate. A million metaphorical interpretations. Leaves of Grass -or Drum Taps, maybe... the book looks too thin- is buried among weekly magazines (the eternal and the ephemeral) and constitute the reading material of a practical, down-to-earth man in the most unimportant and unnoticeable of moments: when he pulls down his pants and becomes equal to any other mortal. The ultimate fate of Walt Whitman (the smith who forged the modern American character, let's say), being relegate to a toilet reading for Hank, might also be extended as the shared destiny of the current America. Perhaps. W. W. and the beautiful The Learn'd Astronomer is the distinctive countersign of two outlaws, two men who want to stand out from an oppressive vulgarity, like the colorful houses jerking out of a sea of gray in some TV commercials. Walter and Gale follow the tradition of "what a man really has to do" against the common, the applause, the accepted and the award.
The night when, after a very successful batch, Walt and Gale make a toast and the latter recite Whitman was so real. And the most real part of all was the moment when Gale explains why he quit -it is implied- his PhD. "I was doing everything that it takes", this and that, but he stops. He abandoned the crowded auditorium, the deafening applause, walk outside and, in silence, contemplated the stars. However, somebody who is able to quit a PhD cannot be later on so submissive to Walter's oddity and abuse. W.W. would always be Walt Whitman for him and not Walter White. It is possible that Gale admired Walter so much, but not to the point to betrayed and disposed of Whitman in exchange: The Learn'd Astronomer was in him before meeting White.
I can see some loose ends and tight knots... But Whitman... Oh, Whitman!
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Interesting angle -a shade of grays scatters from it. For the sweet-toothy, the moment displays a whole array of savors to rub the palate. A million metaphorical interpretations. Leaves of Grass -or Drum Taps, maybe... the book looks too thin- is buried among weekly magazines (the eternal and the ephemeral) and constitute the reading material of a practical, down-to-earth man in the most unimportant and unnoticeable of moments: when he pulls down his pants and becomes equal to any other mortal. The ultimate fate of Walt Whitman (the smith who forged the modern American character, let's say), being relegate to a toilet reading for Hank, might also be extended as the shared destiny of the current America. Perhaps. W. W. and the beautiful The Learn'd Astronomer is the distinctive countersign of two outlaws, two men who want to stand out from an oppressive vulgarity, like the colorful houses jerking out of a sea of gray in some TV commercials. Walter and Gale follow the tradition of "what a man really has to do" against the common, the applause, the accepted and the award.
The night when, after a very successful batch, Walt and Gale make a toast and the latter recite Whitman was so real. And the most real part of all was the moment when Gale explains why he quit -it is implied- his PhD. "I was doing everything that it takes", this and that, but he stops. He abandoned the crowded auditorium, the deafening applause, walk outside and, in silence, contemplated the stars. However, somebody who is able to quit a PhD cannot be later on so submissive to Walter's oddity and abuse. W.W. would always be Walt Whitman for him and not Walter White. It is possible that Gale admired Walter so much, but not to the point to betrayed and disposed of Whitman in exchange: The Learn'd Astronomer was in him before meeting White.
I can see some loose ends and tight knots... But Whitman... Oh, Whitman!
(PLEASE, LEAVE YOUR COMMENT).
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