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Walt only told Elliot to not use his own money is because skylar or walt jr. Wont take walts money

fighting the urge to not harass the one who said "toxic masculinity is as real as santa claus"

I will take any method of helping me learn the impossible challenge of writing a marketable essay.

Most media sources like this one use the term "toxic masculinity"

“If all this is true, and you knew about it, then you’re just as breaking bad as him.”

I like the way the scene ends with such an abrupt cut, just to let you know that this is not the end.

this was a beautiful, well constructed video essay. incredible work !

For me my sympathy for Walt was gone when he poisoned the kid. Before he did kill or let kill criminal adults. People who would ve killed him or people close to him. So thats justified. Gale and the people who indirectly died through Walts actions like in the plane crash already were hard tests. But Gale still was another criminal, producing an awful drug. The plane crash was too inderect. In the end it was still the decision of Janes dad who thought he is fit for work even tho he wasnt at all. Anyways. Putting a childs life in danger with poisoning is the red line. Walt isnt supposed to be the hero of the show anyways. Thats Hank.

Like skyler isnt suckin d the second she dont get her way and marie isnt a petty theif and saul doesnt have a criminal receptionist who will lie about a car accident and lydia wont ship meth across the globe. This is liberal hivemind programming that is selective to the interests of the democrat agenda

Love how this guy blatantly talks down and condescends to people he's allegedly trying to convince, makes him very convincing.

I would also like to add to the discussion of the 'face mask' scene (tw for the discussion of misogyny and rape ahead): In the scene where Walt rapes Skyler, I find the scene to be almost eerily loaded with associations of hyperfeminity. If Walt conforms to the masculine trait of being the provider, Sklyer is the homemaker - often associated with "belonging in the kitchen", both seen as nurturing and mocking depending on the tones of discussion. Skyler also continously displays small acts of selfcare, such as applying lotion or brushing her hair in front of a mirror. When Skyler is shown in this scene as in her morning robe and having just catered to a morning ritual of selfcare elements, ending with a facemask, she arguably displays a high level of feminity that contrasts Walt, even more so in this scene (which is highlighted by the fact that at the time the show aired, selfcare such as a simple act of applying lotion was seen as something exclusively feminine, or even more so, vain). Playing into elements of toxic masculinity, it becomes even easier for viewers that agree with Walt to condemn Skyler. Her feminity becomes vanity, and her refusal to engage with Walt consensually in this scene where he feels almost drunk/high on power and ego, becomes a scene of hyperfeminity rejecting masculity, not just toxic masculinity to the people who already strongly dislike Skyler due to (internalised) misogyny. Instead of being seen as the victim of domestic abuse and rape she is in this scene, to a view distorted by toxic masculinity she once again becomes a symbol of feminity and womanhood, emasculating a man for denying him what he wants. Bascially, she is over and over condemned throughout the show for *not* putting Walt's wants over her own needs, as a mother, a wife, even just a person. And especially with the aspects of frat culture you touched upon, this is incredibly chilling and awful to think about. edit: spelling

when walter was in front of jesse and he said “i watched jane die, i could've saved her, but i broke bad all over her” chills...

can you go away

I have a question. If you believe there is such thing as toxic masculinity, do you believe toxic femininity exists as well?

Are we defending hypocrites now? Are we supposed to like Skylar for being greedy, dishonest and hypocritical now and blame everything on "men"?

Masculinity isn’t toxic,

There is no such thing as "Toxic masculinity"🙄

Well done👏👏👏👏

17:50 cant believe you forgot about the happy birthday song Skyler sang lol, but its still up there on difficult parts to watch

Cool to see somebody else’s perspective

I enjoyed this video. I like your commentary style very in-depth and now it is on the shell I recently re-watched it and I agree with a couple of your points.

Gayle for sale: the story of the #2 meth cook in the southwest trying to find the highest bidder for his product

Man talks about toxicity, but then makes a racist joke about white people.

I love this video, I feel understood now, thank you

I think this is a good analysis. Personally, i dont read it as necessarily specifically toxic masculinity, but simply walter's deep destructive, greedy and prideful tendencies independent of any societal expectations of men. In short, I think Walter is using the societal toxic standard as a (inauthentic) justification to live out his power fantasies, but he would have done so even if he had no family to support, that is he is not necessarily driven or influenced in his actions by toxic expectations about masculinity, just using them to justify independently bad tendencies. I don't think the story neccessarily has to be read as walter and his environment suffering from him uncritically accepting certain gendered expectations, but could just as well be read as Walter indepently from these gendered expectations being fucked up in the head and using them to give himself an excuse to act on his deep character flaws.

I witnessed many incidents similar to this growing up. It was very familiar. Amazing work

And yet the audiences root for the "toxic masculinity," so the analyses and lectures don't seem to be working.

No such thing as toxic masculinity. Breaking bad is about dark characteristics in people. Gendering those traits is just as unnecessary as bringing skin color into bad human behaviors. Go ahead and tell me how Marie’s kleptomania is toxic masculinity. Or how about Skyler laundering money? Oh wait- Lydia only favorite toxic masculinity character. See how dumb that sounds?

The first watch I thought Walt was cool. Second Watch he was ugly and a selfish dick that at times pulled ahead of the odds.

People who don't realize that Walt's greatest downfall is his ego, which is one of the core parts of toxic masculinity are fuckin stupid. Just imagine if he just stayed in the company and didnt broke up with gretchen because she's gonna be the provider in their relationship, he would've been a rich fucker. Every decision made and death that occured in that series revolves around Walts gigantic ego.

Abusive relationships? When's he Abusive

Toxic masculinity ... 🙄 Someday, maybe we'll lose that phrase. (And yet God forbid we ever talk about toxic femininity. (It's a thing -- I say this as a woman so I should know.) If it's a show about toxic masculinity, then it's weird how we root for everyone who allegedly embodies toxic masculinity so in that sense, it's hardly a cautionary tale against it.

Pride. Pride and Ego were the words you were looking for. That's the fundamental character flaw that makes characters break bad in this show. And trying to re-frame a human experience as a male-only experience just because it's a negative character trait is just sexist

"Let's analyze this specific scene" *immediately reveals ending of show*

uh what is toxic masculinity, all the definitions are contradicting eachother so if somebody could actually give me a definition it would be helpful coz i got no idea what the guy in the video is yapping about

Ryan Johnson made this and the last jedi...

“Toxic masculinity”?? Here’s a guy who hates The Beach Boys.

Hank isn't racist

Omg you have mathematically proven that heisenburger is evillll!!!! Epic !!!

why does it have to satisfy his "male ego" and not just "ego" in general i know its a dumb thing but i never once saw this as a show about toxic masculinity but how ego is the downfall of everyone male and female

There is no such thing as toxic masculinity.

I believe the reason you and your video is so disliked is the following: A discourse of the perils of masculinity and how one may wish to achieve it anyway possible rather than in an honorable way, meaning that for example being tough doesn´t mean one has to become a criminal - is one thing, but anything aproached through neo-marxism is what these people are refutting, including your polarized view that the ballad of walter white is to be summarized as a mere warning on ¨Toxic Masculinity¨ - your terminology alone being offensive to non neo-marxist academians, why? because anything in neo-marxism seems to have one goal only, to reinforce itself and its terminology and to only admit discourse with its own terminology and its own goals. In other words, most people do not believe your video can reach the level of honesty in its analysis than lets say, a less neo-marxist inclined person would be capable of achieving. Also, one of the biggest ironies is that you support Skylers infidelities, just as they were calling you an obvious cuck(?) which you seem to have had no idea why that would ever apply to you. Personally I do not think you are that biased, are you a bit of a feminist, yes, and I mean it in the academic sense, but you arent that high on the spectrum of feminist bias and extremism beyond your now natural commitment to its terminology. I also do not think your video is "wrong" per se.

'Breaking Bad' is awesome, but this video really sucks.

my favorite scene is when skyler assumes walt is going to justify his crimes as "for the family" but he cuts her off and admits that along the way he kept cooking because he liked it and was good at it.

This show is the epitome of "You missed the point by idolizing him"

It’s the most realistic thing I’ve ever seen. It triggered my roommate who only saw bits and pieces to this show.

It took me a long time to sympathize and understand Skyler but now I understand that we as the audience are Skyler as well… greatest fucking show ever

I never once looked at Walt as a bad ass, he’s not only a coward, but most of his success is sheer luck and his education in chemistry. He’s extremely selfish, and maniac, and literally endangers his family over and over again. It’s wild to watch him burn his entire life down.

Get your daily soy infusion and stop producing videos, please!