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- Breaking The Fourth Wall: Bryan Cranston, Emmy Winner?
  
  A post about Columns by yatesy on February 20th, '08
  
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- “He is a man who is painted into a corner and has decided to go against everything he has every done in his life for his family (who would probably lose their minds if they found out what he did).”
  
  I first noticed Bryan Cranston on Seinfeld when he played Dr. Tim Watley, the dentist who Jerry suspected of converting to Judaism simply for the jokes. He actually appeared in a bunch of episodes, and his rubbery face always cracked me up. When Malcolm In The Middle premiered, there was an episode in the first season where his character Hal has competes as a roller-skater. His storyline had him basically figure skating with roller-skates, including the goofy outfit. It was outstandingly hilarious, and a true sign of an actor who can commit fully to a role. I thought he would stick with outlandish comedies, because it seemed to be his forte.
  
  I was so very, very wrong.
  
  Cranston stars in AMC’s new original show Breaking Bad as Walter White. Walter is a high school chemistry teacher with a pregnant wife, a 16-year-old son with Cerebral Palsy and terminal lung cancer. He decides, thru a series of oddball events on his 50th birthday (when he finds out about the cancer), to work with a former student to cook crystal meth to make money for his family to have after he’s gone. Sounds simple right? Of course, things go horribly, horribly wrong.
  
  While the supporting cast of this show is great, Cranston shines as Walter, a man who has seemingly given up his dreams to support his family. Suddenly, with his cancer diagnosis, he makes bad decision after bad decision and Cranston’s ability show Walter’s moral dilemmas, frustration, fear and love of his family, mostly nonverbally, is captivating and enthralling. He is a man who is painted into a corner and has decided to go against everything he has every done in his life for his family (who would probably lose their minds if they found out what he did). He is a drug cooker and a murderer and yet Cranston commits so fully to the role that you can’t help but root for him, even when he is running around the desert in his tighty whitey underwear with a pistol in the back of the waistband.
  
  If you have not yet caught this show, I recommend it highly. Come awards season, I sincerely doubt that his performance will be overlooked. While playing Hal on Malcolm In The Middle, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for 3 years and lost every time. I think this role in Breaking Bad will break that streak and really open up the eyes of viewers to the fact that Bryan Cranston is one hell of an actor. If he doesn’t, it will be a crying shame.
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One Response to “Breaking The Fourth Wall: Bryan Cranston, Emmy Winner?”
1. James Joyce Says:
  May 11th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
  A most informative guide on lung cancer, thank you, it has provided me with some comfort
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