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Posted in Culture , Film | 490 Comments 490 Responses to “#85 The Wire” i have never heard of this before, hence i am black I haven’t seen “The Wire”. Maybe I’m not as in touch with being white as I think I am. Could I be adopted? http://www.jonesview.wordpress.com What’s funny about The Wire is that the creators of the show are diehard White liberals, but they show blacks in the worst–and ...
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‘The Wire’: One Last Long, Boozy Irish Wake for David Simon’s Accidental Masterpiece
Vulture —
... But all in all, the finale is a reminder of what we have always loved about the show: its ability to move a half-dozen stories along through the accretion of potent mini-scenes. Take as just one example Lester Freamon's discovery of the leak inside the grand-jury room; he delivers to Pearlman a tape of the leaker, prosecutor Gary DiPasquale, hitting up Maurice Levy for money. With Levy breathing down Pearlman's neck about the obvious illegal wiretap used in the Stanfield case, and the mayor's office telling Pearlman to make the case go away, Ronnie busts out the tape and plays ...
Cooked Stats and Cheap Clearences
Straight Bangin' —
... politics, my interests, my attitudes--into this rich tapestry, simultaneously presenting a powerful and harrowing commentary on a reality that I thought (and think) was too often ignored. Of course, this begs the question of why a show about blacks, impoverished drug dealers, blue-collar dock workers, and working-class cops could mean so much to someone who is none of those things, but to not be of something doesn't mean one can't care about it. It's unfairly cynical (but still funny) to insist otherwise. Those Sunday nights stirred something in me that culture ...
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So This Is How It Ends
heavenandhere.wordpress.com 3/10/2008 — Well, there it was. I’m kind of drawing a blank at the moment. . . we learned that Michael was the next Omar, Dukie the next Bubbles. Almost all the loose ends got tied up, with some wonted cynicism and a few happy endings. And like at Jimmy’s wake, we all realized that, uneven as this season has been, this show rules and there’s a lot we’ll miss about it.
If that sounds empty, it’s because ...
The Wire: David Simon Q & A
sepinwall.blogspot.com 3/10/2008 — This interview with “The Wire” creator David Simon was conducted over two different days shortly before the 9th episode of the final season aired. (But after I had already seen the series finale.) We discuss several characters’ final fates in ...
David Simon … on journalism's fatal flaws
weblogs.variety.com 3/10/2008 — POSTED BY STUART LEVINE David Simon found himself Monday afternoon bunkered down in the bowels of the law school building on the USC campus, discussing the demise of journalism as it relates to the fifth -- and sadly, final --...
'The Wire' Comes to an End
buddytv.com 3/10/2008 — The best show on TV signed off tonight as HBO's The Wire aired its series finale. The panoramic look at the city of Baltimore and the war on drugs went out with an impressive episode that wrapped up many loose...
David Simon on cutting "The Wire" | Salon Arts & Entertainment
salon.com 3/10/2008 — Sunday night, the last season of "The Wire" took its final bow. Instead of leaving these beloved (and sometimes loathed) characters suspended in time, "Sopranos"-style, the writers chose to wrap up loose ends, providing viewers with a far more ...
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