In an NYT op-ed, Anna Gunn, the journeywoman actress who became a cable star thanks to her portrayal of Walter White's not-necessarily supportive wife on "Breaking Bad" muses that there are people who have problems with strong women on television (like Skyler White, Carmela Soprano and Betty Draper--although in the latter I would conjecture that the problem may be more that January Jones can't act her way out of a paper bag) and then put the actress playing the role in the same category (actual Internet comment: “Could somebody tell me where I can find Anna Gunn so I can kill her?”--something that was probably never said about her first series role, the bikini-wearing babe in the long-forgotten Fox sitcom "Down the Shore"):
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/opinion/i-have-a-character-issue.html?_r=1&; Granted, there is something creepy about the prime example of morality and decency (at least in the beginning--Skyler has been slowly migrating to the dark side during the course of the series) being hated while audiences cheer the sick (in every way) antihero, but "Breaking Bad" was never intended to be a CBS procedural. And unless she's changed since her acting days in Chicago, Gunn is a very nice person in real life. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
