On second thought, not everyone is happy about those Breaking Bad statues
At least one lawmaker in New Mexico argued against “glorifying meth makers”
Commemorating fictional characters with a big, honkin’ statue is always a good idea. A statue of Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha from Bewitched stands proudly, celebrating the famed city’s history of burning women alive. Gotham City built a 100-foot statue of Batman, which now protects the city from crime ever since the Dent Act failed to outlaw all wrongdoing in the late 2000s. And, of course, there’s that RoboCop in Detroit, which is just great. “No notes,” say children.
But our bronze statue du jour sits in Albuquerque, New Mexico, bearing the image of two of the city’s most infamous meth chefs, Jesse Pinkman and Walter White, the twitchy and growly stars of Breaking Bad. The 600-pound statues offer an ironic reminder of the economic benefits the show and its spin-off, Better Call Saul, have brought the city over the last 14 years. We don’t get to pick our heroes, and sometimes they’re the stars of a television show that argues that some people are just fucking evil and there’s not much you can do about it.