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Sharrett perceptively cracks open America's darkest ideological assumptions. His definitive study reveals Walter White as a man who weaponizes contempt for the very family he claims to protect. Embracing his masculine inner rage, White becomes one with it as surely as if it were a vat of hydrofluoric acid.--Heather Hendershot author of Open to Debate: How William F. Buckley Put Liberal America on the Firing Line (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM) Breaking Bad broke explosive new ground as a genre-blending crime drama with a strong sociopolitical edge. Christopher Sharrett's incisive study is as stimulating and provocative as the show itself, analyzing its remarkable entertainment value while teasing out its multifaceted subtextual design. Readers will enjoy the drug-free excitements of first-rate scholarship.--David Sterritt editor in chief of Quarterly Review of Film and Video and author of The Honeymooners (Wayne State University Press, 2009) (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM) In this compelling volume, one of the sharpest readers of film writing today applies his skills to one of the greatest television series of all time. Sharrett even dares to read Breaking Bad against its fans. Going beyond simple celebration, he argues that the series subversively critiques the foundational values and institutions of modern-day USA: patriarchy, race, class, and the family itself. As Breaking Bad reveals, the Wild West is still with us.--Greg Burris associate professor of media studies, American University of Beirut (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM) Never buying into the easy cliches of either fannish praise or academic jargon, Christopher Sharrett cuts right to the heart of what makes Breaking Bad a vital cultural landmark of the twenty-first century, as well as moving and exciting television. This book is an absorbing critique of 'male persona and social decay.'--Adrian Martin professor at Monash University (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM)

"Sharrett perceptively cracks open America's darkest ideological assumptions. His definitive study reveals Walter White as a man who weaponizes contempt for the very family he claims to protect. Embracing his masculine inner rage, White becomes one with it as surely as if it were a vat of hydrofluoric acid.--Heather Hendershot ""author of Open to Debate: How William F. Buckley Put Liberal America on the Firing Line"" (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM) Breaking Bad broke explosive new ground as a genre-blending crime drama with a strong sociopolitical edge. Christopher Sharrett's incisive study is as stimulating and provocative as the show itself, analyzing its remarkable entertainment value while teasing out its multifaceted subtextual design. Readers will enjoy the drug-free excitements of first-rate scholarship.--David Sterritt ""editor in chief of Quarterly Review of Film and Video and author of The Honeymooners (Wayne State University Press, 2009)"" (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM) In this compelling volume, one of the sharpest readers of film writing today applies his skills to one of the greatest television series of all time. Sharrett even dares to read Breaking Bad against its fans. Going beyond simple celebration, he argues that the series subversively critiques the foundational values and institutions of modern-day USA: patriarchy, race, class, and the family itself. As Breaking Bad reveals, the Wild West is still with us.--Greg Burris ""associate professor of media studies, American University of Beirut"" (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM) Never buying into the easy clichés of either fannish praise or academic jargon, Christopher Sharrett cuts right to the heart of what makes Breaking Bad a vital cultural landmark of the twenty-first century, as well as moving and exciting television. This book is an absorbing critique of 'male persona and social decay.'--Adrian Martin ""professor at Monash University"" (7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM)"

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Christopher Sharrett is Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at Seton Hall University, author of The Rifleman (Wayne State University Press, 2005) and editor of Mythologies of Violence in Postmodern Media (Wayne State University Press, 1999).

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