Mike Ehrmantraut gets his moment in the newest Saul4Democracy PSA

by · Boing Boing

Another week, another Saul4Democracy video. For the uninitiated, this is a web series run by Better Call Saul co-creator Peter Gould, featuring actors Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks back in their iconic characters. Rather than a continuation of BCS (which was itself kind of a continuation of Breaking Bad), Saul4Democracy is more of a disconnected series of PSAs covering various aspects of American politics, for better or worse.

Jonathan Banks' Mike had previously only popped up toward the end of each video for a quick "I approve this message" sting, but on the 4th of July, he got his chance to shine. A weighty, emotional monologue from Mike early in the show quickly became one of its best-regarded moments, and Banks' follow-up performance in this video hits nearly as hard. Granted, that's more out of context than anything else. On the 250th birthday of a nation actively and gleefully eating itself from the top down while fostering political division as a smokescreen, I think we could all stand to hear about right and wrong:

A great storyteller is capable of telling two stories at once.

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