How TV Got So Obsessed With Tech Downfalls

Just before Walter White calls himself Heisenberg for the first time in Breaking Bad, he shaves his head. It’s a dramatic change in surprising ways: Walter’s voice gets harsher; his family man warmth goes ice-cold; he kills. And he leaves a legacy, not only in television’s ongoing fascination with people breaking bad but in how they present themselves to the world. In episode two of Showtime’s Super Pumped, Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) slicks his unkempt hair back with a glob of gel, transforming almost instantly from scrappy tech bro to Silicon Valley tyrant. In episode three… Read Full Article