Michael McKean in the new HBO series Better Call Saul is adorable. On the show, he suffers from “idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields" or I.E.I.-E.M.F., which you can read about here and here. I didn't watch Breaking Bad; too many guns, smashed faces, and spurts of blood for my taste. [I'm assuming that's the kind of violence present in BB.] The spin-off, BCSaul, stands alone I think. Very black humor. Very enjoyable. Not too much violence so far.
The New Yorker article on IEI-EMF includes the intriguing info below. I'll spend some time today -- while watching yet another big snow fall -- trying to figure out exactly where this area is.
A handful of others [who suffer from IEI-EMF] have moved to homes within the United States National Radio Quiet Zone, a vast area of mountainous terrain on the Virginia-West Virginia border, where Wi-Fi, cell phones, and other technologies are severely limited to protect a nearby radio telescope.
2 comments:
I LOVE Better Call Saul! And like you, didn't watch BB - too dark.
There are really only two scenes in BB which I felt were too dark. One occured very early on during season one, and the second was in the premiere of season 4. If you can make it through the first 3 episodes of BB, you will survive the entire series.
But the enormous amount of riches that balance out those two scenes are huge. And we are talking about 62 episodes of a show.
I have a great amount of respect for the cast and crew of the show and it is my most loved series of all time.
I love Better Call Saul as well. If you had seen Breaking Bad, at the end of episode one when Tuco opens the door, you would have gasped for air, and after the shock left, you may have been laughing hysterically - I certainly was, my knowing what BB fans know about the Tuco character.
I do think Better Call Saul can stand on its own, but I feel like not watching Breaking Bad just because of the occasional darkness that show contained would be missing out on so, so much.
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