Sympathizing with Storytelling

An analysis of the structures of sympathy within Breaking Bad, considering how the series wrestles with our focus on Walt's villainy by encouraging us to sympathize with the storytelling itself.
Creator(s)	Mittell, Jason
Subjects	PER010000 PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General SOC052000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Related Section	Chapter 6
Keywords	narrative theory sympathy identification engagement antihero Walter White bad fans suspense allegiance identity character characterization Breaking Bad videographic criticism voiceover citationality
Content Type	video essay
Language	English
Citable Link	Citable Link

CC License	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license
Rightsholder	Jason Mittell
Copyright Status	author created/owned

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File Size	1.5 GB
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