Jochen, Now you know what the countryside looks like around here.
Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:46 AM Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > The TV series Breaking Bad was created 10 years ago, but I only recently > was able to watch it on Netflix. As you know it is about the question how a > good man turns bad. The story starts with a tragedy, a lung cancer > diagnosis for the main character Walt(er) White. Life has not been kind to > the underpaid and overqualified chemistry teacher who has a disabled son > and a pregnant wife. The cancer diagnosis pushes him over the edge and > after it he seems to driven by the question "if life has been so bad to me > why should I be good?". The episodes that follow describe how he "breaks > bad" and turns toward crime. > > What do you think, did you like the TV series created in Albuquerque? Is > the story accurate from a psychological perspective, i.e. can good people > turn into bad ones if life refuses to be kind to them? In a way this story > of a person who turns into a villain is the opposite of Joseph Campbell's > classic story of a person who turns into a hero, isn't it? > > -J. > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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