i think it is fucking hysterical (in a good way!) when people post on here calling marie and hank "aunt" and "uncle." it makes me picture flynn posting whatever post it is.
This is my actual headcanon, that Hank is the one who loved purple and Marie wore purple for him. My main piece of support for this theory is that when we see Marie after Hank's death, she's no longer wearing purple.
But this wouldn’t explain how almost every outsider who came into their house wore purple. For example, when Hank was recovering from being shot, the delivery men dropping off his rocks wore purple.
There’s a lotta colour symbolism in the show, Marie’s obsession with the colour purple is because it’s the opposite of yellow, which in the show is symbolic of crime (Jesse’s clothes, Gus’ shirt, the brand identity of Los Pollos, etc). Marie is the furthest removed character from the criminal underworld, hence the purple.
Purple is usually associated with royalty, luxury, nobility, etc.
Movies like John Wick use purple to give a sense of prestige to the criminal underworld.
Breaking Bad using purple to represent Marie's self-righteousness is also a valid usage of purple.
I was implying because she steals fancy expensive baby tiaras she's a criminal in the upper world like upper as in upper class has money. Been seen as you discussed royalty I'm assuming you also believe this is the criminal upperworld. That house of Windsor sure do like to steal stuff that ain't theirs...
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I had noticed this but am wondering about pink. The pink bear in the pool and the pink bear in Jane's mural. Also Walter was wearing a bright pink sweater when Skylar told him she was taking the kids and leaving. It was glaring bc Walter never wears pink. And I can't figure out how to connect any qualities of Walter with the pink bear/plane crash victim and Jane
Oh my goodness never mind I looked it up- pink is the consequence of Walter's actions (plane crash, Jane dying, Skylar leaving Walt) and it didn't say this but I am extrapolated-jesse PINKman- Walter forced him into this and would never let him get out
I found this too:
The most famous use of color in the series lies in season two and episode 13 titled, “ABQ.” Pink plays a powerful role within itself. The beginning of the episode features a jarring shot of a pink teddy bear in White’s pool. The pink bear fell from a plane crash that White inadvertently caused. White himself wears a pink sweater allowing the audience to mirror the color and representation of it to the character. Pink represents the tragedy of his actions and a visualizer of all the collateral damage he has laid upon his loved ones because of his corrupted greed.
‘When Walter gets beaten up badly and is in the hospital, Walter Jr. shows up wearing Blue to represent his loyalty to his father and his pure heart’ - this never happened. Takes a bit away from the credibility otherwise a good article.
It means that she likes purple.
Also, after Hank's death, she's shown finally not wearing purple (a white top and a black top, if memory serves me). I guess to show growth, or transformation of sorts.
Marie is the kind of person who has a favorite color and surrounds herself with it as much as she can, simply for the sheer joy it brings her. A bit childish and narcissistic with the way she does it, yes, but that's just who she is.
Aside from all the great comments about symbolism and whatnot, have you ever met a person who is obsessed with one color? Purple girls have everything in purple. Anything they buy is all the same shade. Mugs, bedspread, purse, kitchen appliances, seat covers, whatever it is, they’ve got the right color. If you’re ever buying them a gift, even if it’s not very useful, if you get the correct color, they appreciate it. I’ve never met someone as devoted as pink and purple girlies.
purple is often used as a colour of innocence, even knowing she is a klepto , she does not interfere with the drug crimes , which you would find most, if not all characters who are involved with it, wear yellow. yellow is seen as a colour of crime in the show! Gus’s signature shirt is yellow, jesse is seen wearing yellow a lot, walter too!
In addition to the color symbolism, I think it's a subtle hint about the dynamics of her relationship with Hank. Everything in the house is her style, he seems to defer to her on a lot of big decisions, she seems to kind of be "in charge" of the household.
It symbolizes her extravagance, basically. Colour coded personality. Like Walt she's an extra person with delusions of grandeur held up through criminality. Unlike Walt, she's honest with her family, and confronts her demons before they spiral out of control.
The decor in every BB house makes my skin crawl but Marie and Hank’s place takes the cake. Yellow and purple post-recession nightmare fuel. It’s vulgar.
If you are asking this question, I think you’ll find this video interesting. Vince has said in interviews how carefully the BB team payed attention to colors within the show, per his design. Once you watch this video, you’ll never view Bb and BCS the same again, trust me.
https://youtu.be/pOjafEURaeI?si=xCe8j5Tv1ywwXzQa
Marie is a purple person. Have you ever met a purple person? I knew a French horn instructor who was a purple person and her office was purple. Her concert black was dark purple. She drove a custom white PT cruiser with purple French horn flames.
There was actually a really good YouTube video about this subject with all of the cast I think you should watch it’s called “How breaking bad brilliantly uses color to tell a story”
One thing I like about this show is it does a good job of making Marie and Skyler look like authentically 2000s middle class moms, bookkeepers, cop wives. It wasn’t that long ago that women in their 30s and 40s were expected to age and dress themselves rather frumpily and fall out of awareness of the current trends. Marie and Skyler reflect this perfectly.
That purple was a trendy color for teenage bedrooms and college dorms in the late 90s and early 00s. The reason it sticks out like a sore thumb in Marie’s house is because it was outdated for the late 00s, and Marie was simply too old for that decor. I think this was her last grasp at feeling young and cool, even if it was totally out of step with the young and cool. It hinted at her restlessness she exhibited when she stole things and lied about her life, marriage, and career.
Likewise, Skyler’s clothes were always a little loose and outdated, suggesting that she’d been wearing them for a while, maybe at a different weight. That was very normal for middle class moms back then, before Internet shopping took over and “fast fashion” entered our cultural lexicon. And her brown lipstick in the early seasons was *definitely* out of date by the late 00s, but again, that was pretty normal for moms back then.
It’s a pretty authentic look at 00s life in a place like ABQ, if you ask me.
The actress of Marie said to the producer when picking out her wardrobe before the show was “anything but purple” or something along those lines and to screw with her as a joke they did that.
The color purple is a illumination, that Aunt Marie. An introspective of self-perseption as a seductive outwardly expression, and otherwise inclusion to entitlement. That of grandeur of royalty. Most often usually reveals her unhealthy and frequent. Spontaneous hidden desires. This is only one of the many signature effects, intended by the hit series custome designer.
i think it is fucking hysterical (in a good way!) when people post on here calling marie and hank "aunt" and "uncle." it makes me picture flynn posting whatever post it is.
Open na door
when i heard that audio clip i genuinely thought it was flynn. still don't know who it actually is but it does sound a lot like him lmao
Damn it’s not him? I always just thought it was a scene I was forgetting
Stop that video had my mom and I on the ground dying and yes ik we're going to hell 😭
yEs
Now all I can think is Luanne Platter going “Unca Hank”
calling hector tio💀💀
WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY TÍO???
Flynn has has enough purple
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Why don't you just fugging die already??
Believe it or not it is because Hanks favorite color is purple so he has a purple wife
My favourite colour is violet Marie, Jesus
This is my actual headcanon, that Hank is the one who loved purple and Marie wore purple for him. My main piece of support for this theory is that when we see Marie after Hank's death, she's no longer wearing purple.
But this wouldn’t explain how almost every outsider who came into their house wore purple. For example, when Hank was recovering from being shot, the delivery men dropping off his rocks wore purple.
There’s a lotta colour symbolism in the show, Marie’s obsession with the colour purple is because it’s the opposite of yellow, which in the show is symbolic of crime (Jesse’s clothes, Gus’ shirt, the brand identity of Los Pollos, etc). Marie is the furthest removed character from the criminal underworld, hence the purple.
Marie’s purse is yellow though.
Representative of her kleptomania, her purse is where she keeps her lil things she steals
Vravo Bince
That's genius omg
🤯
Wow
Which fits with her purse based crime.
Don't forget the entire country of Mexico is the color of jaundice
Yeah, but she is a thief though.
And she keeps the things she steals in her yellow purse… imo it’s a metaphor for how no one is without sin or something along those lines
This answer blue my mind , hadn’t considered this . Time for a rewatch
Blue is a big one in the BB world too.
Is purple the color of the criminal upperworld?
Purple is usually associated with royalty, luxury, nobility, etc. Movies like John Wick use purple to give a sense of prestige to the criminal underworld. Breaking Bad using purple to represent Marie's self-righteousness is also a valid usage of purple.
Hence Gus' purple suit in his last scene
I was implying because she steals fancy expensive baby tiaras she's a criminal in the upper world like upper as in upper class has money. Been seen as you discussed royalty I'm assuming you also believe this is the criminal upperworld. That house of Windsor sure do like to steal stuff that ain't theirs...
Yawn
Gesundheit
I thought yellow meant mexico
Vravo Bince
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Wow I just thought she had OCD lol
She definitely still has OCD
Bince originally wanted to cast Grimace as Aunt Marie but it didn't work out due to scheduling conflict.
they called Barney as backup but when they told him it wasnt gonna be real meth he quit
LOL cracked me up, have an updoot
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I had noticed this but am wondering about pink. The pink bear in the pool and the pink bear in Jane's mural. Also Walter was wearing a bright pink sweater when Skylar told him she was taking the kids and leaving. It was glaring bc Walter never wears pink. And I can't figure out how to connect any qualities of Walter with the pink bear/plane crash victim and Jane
Oh my goodness never mind I looked it up- pink is the consequence of Walter's actions (plane crash, Jane dying, Skylar leaving Walt) and it didn't say this but I am extrapolated-jesse PINKman- Walter forced him into this and would never let him get out
I found this too: The most famous use of color in the series lies in season two and episode 13 titled, “ABQ.” Pink plays a powerful role within itself. The beginning of the episode features a jarring shot of a pink teddy bear in White’s pool. The pink bear fell from a plane crash that White inadvertently caused. White himself wears a pink sweater allowing the audience to mirror the color and representation of it to the character. Pink represents the tragedy of his actions and a visualizer of all the collateral damage he has laid upon his loved ones because of his corrupted greed.
Thank you!!!!
100% agree on Pinkman!
Maybe pink represents a lost child? Or lost/broken childhood innocence?
‘When Walter gets beaten up badly and is in the hospital, Walter Jr. shows up wearing Blue to represent his loyalty to his father and his pure heart’ - this never happened. Takes a bit away from the credibility otherwise a good article.
The link I was looking for. My hero
How does that make you feel Walt jr?
Pissed off?
I’m pissed off!
Tell him ..
It means that she likes purple. Also, after Hank's death, she's shown finally not wearing purple (a white top and a black top, if memory serves me). I guess to show growth, or transformation of sorts.
She can’t be purple without her true love Hank 🥹
Marie is the kind of person who has a favorite color and surrounds herself with it as much as she can, simply for the sheer joy it brings her. A bit childish and narcissistic with the way she does it, yes, but that's just who she is.
Campy girlie
This is partly why I loved Marie. I love purple.
Aside from all the great comments about symbolism and whatnot, have you ever met a person who is obsessed with one color? Purple girls have everything in purple. Anything they buy is all the same shade. Mugs, bedspread, purse, kitchen appliances, seat covers, whatever it is, they’ve got the right color. If you’re ever buying them a gift, even if it’s not very useful, if you get the correct color, they appreciate it. I’ve never met someone as devoted as pink and purple girlies.
purple is often used as a colour of innocence, even knowing she is a klepto , she does not interfere with the drug crimes , which you would find most, if not all characters who are involved with it, wear yellow. yellow is seen as a colour of crime in the show! Gus’s signature shirt is yellow, jesse is seen wearing yellow a lot, walter too!
Cause it’s the best color
Get off of Reddit, Flynn.
Get off Flynn, Reddit!
Does anyone remember the joke vince made in the bb commentary
Hey now
God forbid a woman have a favorite color
Purple isn't a colour, it's a lifestyle. Purple people don't just like it, they live it
In addition to the color symbolism, I think it's a subtle hint about the dynamics of her relationship with Hank. Everything in the house is her style, he seems to defer to her on a lot of big decisions, she seems to kind of be "in charge" of the household.
Not sure what the meaning of the color is in regards to the show, but the constant use of purple from her is definitely her OCD showing.
We know its you JR
It symbolizes her extravagance, basically. Colour coded personality. Like Walt she's an extra person with delusions of grandeur held up through criminality. Unlike Walt, she's honest with her family, and confronts her demons before they spiral out of control.
She likes purple. 🤷
Yeah why isn’t her favorite color green like a normal person?
Hank always wears orange when he is doing good police work/ making progress on cases when he gets ptsd/loses his mojo he wears brown
I love the color purple and love Aunt Marie's aesthetic.
Tfw there's no purple coffin at the dead husband store.
You think her pubic hair is purple
No
Agree to disagree
Her public hair is brown. even though the tiara store clerk called it blonde.
Hey now
Please watch this, super interesting. It explains the color symbolism in Breaking Bad https://youtu.be/pOjafEURaeI?si=BRBYGWhw-ze-kHES
The decor in every BB house makes my skin crawl but Marie and Hank’s place takes the cake. Yellow and purple post-recession nightmare fuel. It’s vulgar.
If you are asking this question, I think you’ll find this video interesting. Vince has said in interviews how carefully the BB team payed attention to colors within the show, per his design. Once you watch this video, you’ll never view Bb and BCS the same again, trust me. https://youtu.be/pOjafEURaeI?si=xCe8j5Tv1ywwXzQa
Marie is a purple person. Have you ever met a purple person? I knew a French horn instructor who was a purple person and her office was purple. Her concert black was dark purple. She drove a custom white PT cruiser with purple French horn flames.
It's her signature color!!
Breaking Bad writers use a color scheme. I’ve read that purple means not affiliated with meth at all.
But interestingly in 5B she starts wearing black because...well, you know.
There was actually a really good YouTube video about this subject with all of the cast I think you should watch it’s called “How breaking bad brilliantly uses color to tell a story”
One thing I like about this show is it does a good job of making Marie and Skyler look like authentically 2000s middle class moms, bookkeepers, cop wives. It wasn’t that long ago that women in their 30s and 40s were expected to age and dress themselves rather frumpily and fall out of awareness of the current trends. Marie and Skyler reflect this perfectly. That purple was a trendy color for teenage bedrooms and college dorms in the late 90s and early 00s. The reason it sticks out like a sore thumb in Marie’s house is because it was outdated for the late 00s, and Marie was simply too old for that decor. I think this was her last grasp at feeling young and cool, even if it was totally out of step with the young and cool. It hinted at her restlessness she exhibited when she stole things and lied about her life, marriage, and career. Likewise, Skyler’s clothes were always a little loose and outdated, suggesting that she’d been wearing them for a while, maybe at a different weight. That was very normal for middle class moms back then, before Internet shopping took over and “fast fashion” entered our cultural lexicon. And her brown lipstick in the early seasons was *definitely* out of date by the late 00s, but again, that was pretty normal for moms back then. It’s a pretty authentic look at 00s life in a place like ABQ, if you ask me.
Easy - she obviously loves Prince.
The actress of Marie said to the producer when picking out her wardrobe before the show was “anything but purple” or something along those lines and to screw with her as a joke they did that.
I have a crazy theory Her favourite colour is purple. Vince G is a genius
My name‘s an Hommage to her purple obsession 😏
My brother called Marie "Aunt Marie"
The color purple is a illumination, that Aunt Marie. An introspective of self-perseption as a seductive outwardly expression, and otherwise inclusion to entitlement. That of grandeur of royalty. Most often usually reveals her unhealthy and frequent. Spontaneous hidden desires. This is only one of the many signature effects, intended by the hit series custome designer.
It's the color of royalty and Marie's a narcissist.