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There's also the henchman of Gus's who worked with Mike who is black. I can't remember his name or what happened to him, though.
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He was born in Denmark to an Italian father and african american mother.
Nothing hispanic about that.
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09-13-2012, 05:24 AM | #2348 |
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Don't read if you get pissed off anyone throws the term "racism" around. Anyway, leave it to salon to try to **** up and make me dislike the subtext of a show I really love. It's still a pretty cool analysis.
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/12/brea...emacist_fable/
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I don't find it to be "absurd" so much as strained. I do think the sterile/pure trope in the drug world as depicted in BB is an interesting phenom. I don't know about it being a racial issue (as Gus, who isn't white, was the king of that world), but I do think it creates a thematic contrast between the sterility and controlled environment of the drug making and the messiness and unpredictability of the drug trade.
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For the author take it a step further and act like people's joy comes from some racial conflict where white comes out on top makes me think he just has an agenda against the show, or he just wants a reaction and he's reaching for the race card, which is the easiest way to get a reaction. The way he refernces The Wire in the article makes me think he probably suffers from Whitlock's Wire vs Breaking Bad mentality. |
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