'salamanca Brothers 'Stereotypes In One Minute'

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As AMC’s groundbreaking hit, Breaking Bad, continues, the relationships among the characters grow in complexity and new antagonists, Marco and Leonel Salamanca, are introduced. In season three episode seven, the Salamanca brothers have found a new target: Hank Schrader. The episode titled “One Minute” parallels two scenes where the characters in stressful positions are framed around the concept of one minute. A flashback is used to explore the complexity of the brothers and the dire future it predicts. The Salamanca brothers and Hank have both suffered at the hands of cartel. Although, while Hank is framed as a sympathetic figure because of his experiences, the brothers are perceived as villains due to Latino stereotypes.
In “One Minute” the establishing shot sets an unarmed Hank in a parking lot after buying his wife, Marie, flowers and a gift. The …show more content…

As much as Hank is a pawn in Gus’ game the Salamancas are as well as Gus works to eliminate the cartel’s influence. The brothers are antagonists, but are not received as favorably as other characters with questionable motives, like the anti-hero of the series Walt. The twins are at a disadvantage, because they are a foreign element closing in on the beloved white characters of New Mexico. The Salamancas are merely stock characters, as they fulfill the stereotype assassin type in a cartel. They are not easily distinguishable, and even in the discussion of them they are discussed as a pair. Marco and Leonel were not developed enough to allow for a separate discussion of them. Tio refers to them as brothers, but there is not enough evidence to confirm that they are in fact twins. It is easy for the audience to assume as they are in sync and dress in coordinating suits. Their dialogue is minimal as silence is used to terrify and dehumanize. The brothers power is exerted solely through

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