There are no new plot lines, according to many literary theorists, just recycled and reinvigorated versions of the same basic story. From Greek mythology through Shakespeare's canon and beyond, the tortured, fatherless prince is a tale as old as time. Perhaps this is why S. On the surface, a darkly violent motorcycle gang runs guns, drugs, and sex workers.
Underneath, there's a critically important exploration of white privilege, racism, and sexism in the package of a neo-American Western.
The reasons Sons of Anarchy is super smart abound; you just have to dig a little beneath its rough-and-tumble exterior to find them. One of the most beautifully frustrating things about the show's protagonist Jax Teller, played by Charlie Hunnam, is the warfare he constantly wages within himself — illustrated in the moments when he knows the morally righteous thing to do and submits to his baser instincts anyway, as well as in the scenes where he commits acts of violent retribution as part of some chivalric code that feels misguided, out of place in modern life.
Jax is morally ambiguous; he does what's wrong when he knows what's right; he loves truly and deeply. He is not, to put it mildly, an uncomplicated hero. In reality, Jax represents all of us, and it isn't always pretty. His morality is convenient and can be bought and sold in favor of self-serving pursuits. Jax is the best of the worst in a world he is consumed by, and maybe that's the best any of us can hope for. Jax is plagued by his own morality, just like his dead father, and he cannot rest until he answers for his sins.
He wants to leave the life — to make something better for his heirs — but he cannot transcend his upbringing. I need my sons to grow up hating the thought of me. So much of Sons of Anarchy participates in the genre tradition of the American Western. Motorbikes stand in for horses. Jax, our prince, our anti-hero, our destined-to-die protagonist is a modern cowboy with white kicks and a motorcycle forever between his legs while he searches for answers about his father's mysterious death.
Small groups wage ceaseless war against one another for turf and status. Vigilantism serves up justice and retribution. On the most overt level, the show is perversely misogynistic, as most Westerns tend to be. However, beneath its crusty, well-worn Western tropes, Sons of Anarchy also turns some of the expected tropes of the Western on their heads.
It makes everyone involved look ridiculous. When good TV goes bad: how Sons of Anarchy took us all for a ride. Charlie Hunnam as Jax Teller. Photograph: FX Networks. All rights reserved. Some people love the show's motorcycles, brutal violence, and Shakespearean story, while others hate the melodrama and overdramatic story. If there's one show that deserves to be called "a soap opera for guys," it's Sons of Anarchy. But despite running between and , the show has already aged in various painful ways.
Such is the constantly evolving nature of television! Luckily, it has also remained timeless in various aspects as well, ensuring a nice balance between old school and relevance.
These are the five ways that Sons of Anarchy has aged poorly and five ways in which it's timeless. The thing about re-watching shows is that they have to, you know, remain enjoyable throughout. Unfortunately, Sons of Anarchy quickly went downhill sometime around season five, and it significantly impacted the series' legacy. Shows like The Wire , Deadwood , and The Sopranos have aged like fine wine thanks to their universality and consistent quality, allowing for endless re-watches. No one wants to return to a show that turns to crap.
Sorry Sons , but we don't think anyone will be returning to you any time soon. It's no secret that Sons of Anarchy at least the earlier seasons were highly influenced by Hamlet. As such, it shares many of that story's universal themes: Frustrated child, hostile relationship between stepson and stepfather, inner conflict and pain. All these things will forever remain universal, and luckily, Sons of Anarchy 's themes are still as understandable as when the show first aired.
Frankly, we would be shocked if they didn't, seeing that Hamlet is still kicking after five hundred years or so. We're not saying that future high school students will be studying Sons of Anarchy , but hey, the shared themes are certainly there! There are bound to be dirty cops in the world. This can account for Sheriff Wayne Unser, but having one friend on the local law enforcement team should not have allowed SAMCRO to slip past as many officers and federal agents as they did.
With nearly 90 acting gigs under his belt, actor Dayton Callie is no stranger when it comes to acting. During his time on the show, Unser was seen as a dirty cop but also a cop who cared about Charming California. He helped the Sons because he felt as if their work could protect Charming more than the police department could. While he was a main character for most of the seasons, his role could have been cut a lot shorter if they would have gone with his storyline that was introduced after he retired.
When Unser retires from the police force, he moves into a trailer because his cancer treatment is too expensive for him to afford while living in comfort.
Even though this part of his storyline was introduced, it was never touched upon again and most people just forgot that his character was supposed to have cancer. When he is first introduced to the show, his loyalties to SAMCRO are shaky at best, but he eventually became one of the most devoted members and even destroyed himself to keep the club and his children safe.
With as many people as Jax took out, it was not a huge surprise that he felt like his life had to end. He went out in a violent yet poetic fashion, but there is still one question left unanswered. What was the point of Milo being the truck driver in the final scene of the show?
Michael Chiklis may have been the one to run Jax over since he was also in The Shield, which Kurt Sutter wrote for, but other than that explanation it is quite a mystery why Milo showed up again. Game of Thrones is known for claiming the lives of characters just when you start to like them, but there are other shows that contain a lot of violence that lead to just as many demises.
Sons of Anarchy fits this description. A lot of people pass away on Sons of Anarchy. These people include not just random minor characters, but also main characters, some of which were fan favorites. SAMCRO itself seems to be a group of loyal individuals, but sometimes even the members betray each other. Jax himself is shown to not always have the best judgment yet for some reason people still follow him. Yes, there are serious penalties for trying to leave the club as we saw in season one episode five when Kyle had his tattoo burned off, but people who have stayed have seen even worse things than this.
Why anyone would follow a leader that lets all of these horrible things happen is mind-boggling,. First and foremost, he was the father of Jax Teller and the husband of Gemma who, obviously, are the two main characters of the show. Even though he was one of the founding members of SAMCRO, the motorcycle club quickly turned into something that John was not proud of.
It is said that he lost his life when his motorcycle crashed into a semi-truck, but no one knows the exact circumstances of his passing. It was mentioned that Clay and Gemma may have tampered with his bike causing the crash but that may not have been the case.
Later on in the series, a character named Jury White mentions that John knew that people were plotting against him so he decided to destroy himself to make a point to the club.
This is never confirmed which, left many fans scratching their heads. It is confusing why the members of SAMCRO would stick around such a chaotic leader for so long but it is even more confusing why other people would work with them.
People often have up close and personal interactions with the gang, so people should know the kind of people the Sons of Anarchy are. Even their name spells trouble but that does not stop people from making the same mistakes over and over again. If that were not enough just look at the body count! Do people honestly expect for something good to come out of working with the Sons of Anarchy?
Apparently so, since people never learned their lesson and kept working with them. Again, it does not make a lot of sense but fans are willing to look past it so that their show continues to be a flawless piece of entertainment. The treatment of women is far from fair in Sons of Anarchy, but it can be even more unfair in real life.
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