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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBreaking Bad may take a dark turn next season
I guess super-happy fun time is over. From the Onion...
LOS ANGELESFollowing last Sundays Breaking Bad midseason finale, creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan told reporters that in a departure from the light, fun tone that has characterized the program thus far, the concluding episodes may take more of a darker turn. Ever since the very first episode, in which (main character) Walt is diagnosed with cancer and forced to sell meth to provide for his pregnant wife and cerebral-palsy-stricken son, Ive thought that perhaps one day we could begin taking the show in a grittier direction, said Gilligan, adding that while the programs ongoing depiction of a man slowly succumbing to an illegal lifestyle defined by power, violence, and alienation was fine for four and a half seasons, he wouldnt mind eventually exploring some grimmer themes. I know our audience has gotten comfortable seeing Walt regularly kill drug dealers, endanger his family, and poison small children, but, personally, I think people would be interested in seeing a slightly more sinister side to the character.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/breaking-bad-creator-thinking-maybe-next-season-sh,29445/
http://www.theonion.com/articles/breaking-bad-creator-thinking-maybe-next-season-sh,29445/
I wonder if that piece wasn't actually inspired by this actual interview yesterday with Vince Gilligan:
This is where it all comes to an end. There will be resolution in these final eight. We will know where everybody stands. Gosh, what can I say about it? Im being very maddeningly vague and general. We are going to swing for the fences in these final eight episodes. Its terrifying, and yet its liberating for me and for the writers to know that these are the final eight hours that well ever have for this series. Theres been talk of a movie and whatnot, but I can tell you that none of that is even remotely on my radar right now. As far as Im concerned, the end of this story is contained within these final eight episodes. We now have freedom, carte blanche I suppose, to dispense with the timid, pusillanimous storytelling weve been doing so far.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/vince-gilligan-on-breaking-bad-and-the-plumbing-of-it-all/
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/vince-gilligan-on-breaking-bad-and-the-plumbing-of-it-all/
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Breaking Bad may take a dark turn next season (Original Post)
pokerfan
Sep 2012
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hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)1. I LOL just at the subject line. Yeah, dark would be a real switch for ole Walt and company...
Gotta love the Onion.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)2. Great find.
Initech
(100,104 posts)3. Like the shall hasn't been dark to begin with?
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)4. It's about time.