Republican representatives of New Mexico want new statues that don’t break bad.
After two statues immortalizing “Breaking Bad” characters Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) were unveiled at the Albuquerque Convention Center July 30, New Mexico Republican Rep. Rod Montoya and Albuquerque-based conservative radio talk show host Eddy Aragon criticized the city’s decision to commemorate the Emmy-winning AMC series.
“I’m glad New Mexico got the business, but really?” Rep. Montoya told Fox News. “We’re going down the road of literally glorifying meth makers?”
Radio host Aragon added, “It’s not the type of recognition we want for the city of Albuquerque, or for our state. What you saw on ‘Breaking Bad’ should be a documentary, honestly. I think, really, that is the reality in New Mexico. We try to say it’s fictional, but that is the reality…we’ve joked that [‘Breaking Bad’] should be on PBS.
After two statues immortalizing “Breaking Bad” characters Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) were unveiled at the Albuquerque Convention Center July 30, New Mexico Republican Rep. Rod Montoya and Albuquerque-based conservative radio talk show host Eddy Aragon criticized the city’s decision to commemorate the Emmy-winning AMC series.
“I’m glad New Mexico got the business, but really?” Rep. Montoya told Fox News. “We’re going down the road of literally glorifying meth makers?”
Radio host Aragon added, “It’s not the type of recognition we want for the city of Albuquerque, or for our state. What you saw on ‘Breaking Bad’ should be a documentary, honestly. I think, really, that is the reality in New Mexico. We try to say it’s fictional, but that is the reality…we’ve joked that [‘Breaking Bad’] should be on PBS.
- 8/17/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Republicans in New Mexico are up in arms over a pair of new statues installed at the Albuquerque Convention Center that depict the fictional lead characters from the TV series “Breaking Bad.”
The show, which followed a high school chemistry teacher who turns to making meth to pay for his cancer treatment, was set and filmed in Albuquerque.
“I’m glad New Mexico got the business, but really?” Republican state representative Rod Montoya told Fox News on Monday while discussing the bronze statues of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman as played by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. “We’re going down the road of literally glorifying meth makers?”
Albuquerque-based conservative radio host Eddy Aragon was equally displeased by the sculptures. “It’s not the type of recognition we want for the city of Albuquerque, or for our state,” Aragon explained. “What you saw on ‘Breaking Bad’ should be a documentary,...
The show, which followed a high school chemistry teacher who turns to making meth to pay for his cancer treatment, was set and filmed in Albuquerque.
“I’m glad New Mexico got the business, but really?” Republican state representative Rod Montoya told Fox News on Monday while discussing the bronze statues of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman as played by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. “We’re going down the road of literally glorifying meth makers?”
Albuquerque-based conservative radio host Eddy Aragon was equally displeased by the sculptures. “It’s not the type of recognition we want for the city of Albuquerque, or for our state,” Aragon explained. “What you saw on ‘Breaking Bad’ should be a documentary,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
The decision to erect two statues of “Breaking Bad” characters Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico is causing an uproar among some of the state’s Republican figures. The statues were unveiled July 30 at a ceremony attended by Cranston, Paul, “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan and Albuquerque mayor Tim Keller.
Gilligan said at the statues’ unveiling that honoring “two fictional, infamous meth dealers” wouldn’t be celebrated by everyone in New Mexico, adding, “In all seriousness, no doubt some folks are going to say, ‘Wow, just what our city needed.’ And I get that. I see two of the finest actors America has ever produced. I see them, in character, as two larger-than-life tragic figures, cautionary tales.”
It turns out Gilligan was right. Albuquerque-based conservative talk radio host Eddy Aragon and Republican state representative Rod Montoya are two public figures condemning the 500-pound statues.
Gilligan said at the statues’ unveiling that honoring “two fictional, infamous meth dealers” wouldn’t be celebrated by everyone in New Mexico, adding, “In all seriousness, no doubt some folks are going to say, ‘Wow, just what our city needed.’ And I get that. I see two of the finest actors America has ever produced. I see them, in character, as two larger-than-life tragic figures, cautionary tales.”
It turns out Gilligan was right. Albuquerque-based conservative talk radio host Eddy Aragon and Republican state representative Rod Montoya are two public figures condemning the 500-pound statues.
- 8/16/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
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