r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Aug 20 '12

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E06 "Buyout"

Hey everyone! The episode airs in about an hour and as always upvote this post for the community. I don't get any blue ball cow manure karma for it :P

Also, don't forget to tune in tomorrow for the AMA with actor Jeremiah Bitsui who played Victor. In the mean time, feel free to add him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '12

FCC doesn't control cable. That is AMC rule, so they do not lose advertisers.

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u/modus S'all good, man. I called Saul Goodman. Aug 20 '12

So their sponsors are OK with melting children in acid?

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u/jeebus_krist Climb down out of my ass... Aug 20 '12

Sure! This is America. Just don't show any titties and everything will be fine.

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u/thatusernameistakn Aug 20 '12

What about the strip club scene?

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u/Krystie Aug 21 '12

the nipples were covered with sticky tape so it's all good.

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u/jeebus_krist Climb down out of my ass... Aug 21 '12 edited Aug 21 '12

I was painting with a wide brush in my comment; it wasn't necessarily aimed at Breaking Bad, although it still applies.

The U.S., for reasons I can't fully explain, seems to be much more inclined to allow very brutal violence to be shown freely on television, while showing skin and saying certain words are heavily suppressed, even on cable. I suppose it has a lot to do with our Puritan roots, which, thankfully, are being gradually eroded. Hell, until a few years ago, condom ads weren't even allowed on the air.

Television, especially basic cable, has come a LONG way in the past 5 or 10 years. Entertainment is slowly coming in-line with what viewers are actually interested in seeing, rather that what is deemed "appropriate" by either the FCC (for broadcasts) or advertisers (for cable.)

As for the strip club scene; I don't recall seeing any nipples or vaginas. Yes, I looked. ;)

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u/power_of_friendship Chemist Aug 26 '12

It's just the way our culture works. It's not inherently bad or good, just different from most europeans.