From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9479 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, August 6 2022 Volume 14 : Number 9479 Today's Subjects: ----------------- BONUS: $100 MCDONALD'S Gift Card Opportunity ["McDonald's Shopper Gift Ca] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2022 16:57:10 -0400 From: "McDonald's Shopper Gift Card Chance" Subject: BONUS: $100 MCDONALD'S Gift Card Opportunity BONUS: $100 MCDONALD'S Gift Card Opportunity http://mcdonaldsur.sa.com/v0JJLcOrRvu6bJoKBHCHSbxvbjzAsH3AMFggDLPGEp0XAsausA http://mcdonaldsur.sa.com/CEPNOfO7qwz2UjgceMRYHG8fKsM4OXEI3RvFfFh3kBlx2nLoQg hile El Camino's plot focuses on Jesse Pinkman escaping to Alaska, writer and director Vince Gilligan stated that thematically, the film centers on Jesse's transformation from a boy to a man. As Jesse spent the entirety of Breaking Bad as Walter White's partner, El Camino in contrast shows Jesse coming to terms with his past and making his own decisions, free of White's influence. This theme is prevalent in the flashbacks that bookend El Camino, with Mike Ehrmantraut at the beginning, and Walter White and Jane Margolis at the end. Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone detailed that while these scenes serve as a reminder of who Jesse used to be and all that he lost, "all three flashbacks are also about the way that Jesse has been forced by tragic circumstance to grow up and think more about his place in the universe and the impact he has on others. And they're about setting him on the road where Ed leaves him at the film's conclusion". Aaron Paul described his character Jesse as someone who went through "hell and back multiple times" and is still "paying for those sins", but Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club remarked that in freeing his ambitions from Walter White's manipulations, Jesse found his own redemption and avoided his mentor's fate, finally giving himself a chance for a future. The opening flashback with Jesse and Mike also sets the theme of Jesse wanting to start over while also making things right with his past. Though Mike warned that starting over would make it impossible to make amends, Jesse repays several emotional debts from the series with rectifying gestures throughout the film: giving a proper goodbye to his friends Badger and Skinny Pete, apologizing to his parents one last time, getting revenge against Neil Kandy and Casey, paying back his (literal) debt to Ed Galbraith, and sending his farewell letter of apology to Brock Cantillo. Placing his own analysis on Jesse's final duel with Neil, Gilligan interpreted the scene as more than just Jesse getting the cash he needed for his escape, but also as a way ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9479 **********************************************