Ann Coulter Misinterprets Show About Meth

In one of her latest blog posts, Ann Coulter, a respected conservative and political commentator, suggested that, in more ways than one, the popular show, "Breaking Bad", is much like the bible. She argues that Breaking bad is "the most Christian Hollywood production since Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ.'". She argues that the show embodies many of the most vital stories of the bible, including jealousy, betrayal, murder, and sacrifice, which, while not as much as she might think, is PLAUSIBLE. However, her argument has at least one major hole, one which I strongly believe completely debunks her theory; while the lessons derived from the bible may indeed be important life lessons, there has been much speculation that many of those stories were simply metaphorical in nature, meant to be a life lesson hidden within a story instead of a literal supernatural event. Conversely, Breaking Bad is a very literal story about a cancer patient that sells meth in order to provide for his family before he passes, a series of events that, regardless of their interpreted meaning, tell the tale of a desperate man and his journey through the meth industry. Further into the article, Coulter begins to stray from any real connection that she may have made earlier on when she focuses one of the main characters, Jesse Pinkman, who she believes "[Embodies] the monumental importance of the cross.". She explains that Jesse feels tremendously guilty for the death of his girlfriend, who died from overdose induced vomit, and that he attempted to rid himself of his guilt through rehab, but failed to do so, and as a result, returned to his occupation as a meth cook. Coulter then goes on to explain that if Jesse had only known that God had sent his son Jesus, to die for him, he would have been able to forgive himself and made better choices for himself, which I find completely backwards; the entire point of Christianity is that any person, regardless of their faults or mistakes, can find forgiveness and truth by accepting Jesus and forgiving themselves. Not only does Jesse neglect to forgive himself, he deliberately goes back into the field that caused his girlfriend's death, which is basically the furthest thing from accepting Jesus, save for accepting satan. Coulter's problem isn't so much that she makes points that can't be argued, but that she is relating everything back to Christianity, the bible, and salvation; christians accept that the bible was the originator of concepts such as right and wrong, good and evil, justice and injustice, and so they find it easy to relate ANY form of media or work with those elements back to the bible, and while it isn't necessarily a bad assumption, it is often wrong. Not everything is about Christianity Ann. Sometimes, it really is all about the meth.