I haven't seen Breaking Bad, but I've seen a lot of people compare the two shows, and they point out that Lester is very like the main character there. They're the same sort of increasingly despicable antihero. But what seemed to confuse some people when they started watching Fargo is that this ISN'T Lester's story. Well, it is, but he's not meant to be the protagonist-- he'd BE an antihero, except that this show has REAL HEROIC HEROES to root for, instead. And people were like, wait, I thought antihero stories were the Thing, now. You mean this story has ACTUAL heroes? I'm confused! ;) It does get really dark, but you can depend on the good people to keep being good people.
It's also not CONSTANT violence. It's just when there IS violence, it's brutal and often startling.
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Date: 2014-06-24 02:59 am (UTC)From:It's also not CONSTANT violence. It's just when there IS violence, it's brutal and often startling.