Breaking Bad explores modern day life with the 'hard working man' and the 'wasted youth.' It shows a teacher who needs two jobs to provide money for his family. He has a hard time but recently finds his hidden talent. The show then explores the other side, the wasted youth. Where he makes crystal meth and smokes pot all day. Dealing with little issues and making lots of money.
The audience see these issues as humourous as well as serious. They see "Walter" and "Jesse Pinkman" as a funny team. They have different backgrounds, different routines and different family. However they are brought together by a common interest and the audience see these issues as a humour type of situation. Stereo-types of 'Breaking Bad' show the druggy as baggy clothed, dirty and foul mouthed. These represents to the audience what his character is like immediately so they have an incling. The fact that he talks with a lower class gangster tone even though he's wide, suggests inside humour to the audience as well. Walter has the teacher stereo-type; 50s moustache, wooly jumpers over shirts, aged 40 and bad humour. This helps to set the seen as he is the protagonist and so they would need to know immediately his character. The connotation of this suggests Walter finds his life and current situation boring. As well as finding out his bad news of lung cancer, he seeks to find an adventurous route to bring some final joy to his remaining years.
Is the audience meant to find them funny or are they using extreme stereotypes in order for the audience to quickly engage and immediately feel a certain way about the protagonist? I think I know what you are trying to say and you are on the right track. Focus on a specific scene in order to help you develop your answer.
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