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Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-17 15:47:52 +0000
For Fans Of 'Homicide: Life On The Street', 'The Corner', 'Oz' and 'The Wire'
Pretty compelling piece about the Hollywood-independent production and on-location in Baltimore creation of 'The Wire'. A little long if you are not already into this type of stuff, but well well worth yr time if you dig.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-19 23:34:16 +0000
Also - from this Sunday's Glob via the Washington Post.
Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-05-18 10:54:30 +0000
The Gecko and I finished Season 1 of "The Wire" on Thursday. Goddamn! What an ending.
Posted by MF DU on 2008-05-18 20:48:58 +0000
I still can't believe how heart-wrenching the demise of certain characters are in this series.
In something like the Sopranos or even a well crafted film like 'The Departed' or its ilk, after a few days you're bound to think something like: "get over it, he's dead, who are they going to whack next?"
With the Wire, I find myself thinking not only about what a travesty it is that that character met their demise, but also enraged at the system / other people / whatever that produced the set of circumstances that allowed that particular character to die.
David Simon is the man.
(Trying to keep this post general so as not to ruin it for people interested in Netflixing it or something)
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