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'The Wire,' Crackling With Heat
Published 1/6/2008 by Tom Shales at washingtonpost.com - Television
Merely facing hopeless truths mitigates hopelessness. Crises become somehow less daunting for having been confronted, and therein lies one of the triumphs of HBO's "The Wire," returning Sunday for its fifth and, sad to say, final season. "The Wire" proves again, and with lacerating brilliance, th...
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