Author Archives: Lara Zarum

About Lara Zarum

Lara Zarum is a graduate student in the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She writes a regular TV column for The Grid, a weekly magazine based in her hometown of Toronto. You can follow her on Twitter (@larazarum).

Eastbound and Down: Another Middle-Aged White Guy Breaks Bad

Kenny Powers and Walter White couldn’t be less alike. Except both are real, manly men doing real, manly things – like baseball and meth-making. Lara Zarum looks deeper at TV’s favorite character, the middle-aged white guy and his dream of machismo. Continue reading

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