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The award-winning AMC drama Breaking Bad is renowned for its brave performances, shocking twists and pitch-black humor. The show has also made advances in how the media portrays people with cerebral palsy. The show centers around Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who turns to methamphetamine production as a last-ditch effort to raise money for his cancer treatment. White’s slow descent into the drug world slowly alienates and terrifies his wife Skyler and his child Walter Jr., who has cerebral palsy. Walter Jr. is played by RJ Mitte, who has cerebral palsy in real life. Mitte said that the show’s attitude towards Walter Jr. – treating him like a regular teenager – was refreshing. “When a person with a disability is featured, it’s usually a stereotype – the angry person, the victim or the helpless person who becomes a hero,” Mitte said in an interview…
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