The Wire: Greatest Show Ever Made
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Bondurant
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S4 is about politics on every level (city, police, justice, social, etc), it connects all the points we've been told during s1-3. But yeah, RE-ELECT FRANK SOBOTKA because in my opinion The Wire s2 was the pinnacle of modern television, it pictured so much despair, sadness, whats-the-point realism feel with awesome writing, acting and direction to the scope it was pure perfect. Granted, Carcetti / Marlo rise were nice, and McNulty band-scheming during s5 was well written, but man, that whole S2 port workers delusion had so many feels (I'm not even Greek).
Alex
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Azrayne
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Yeah I love season 2, not sure why it gets so much hate other than because it was such a change of scenery.
ohkcrlho
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iannis
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I've been told in previous iterations of this thread that Omar was based on a mix of a couple of actual rip-and-run guys. I always thought that Omar was a fantastic dramatic element. Omar is the fucking black batman. Someone linked an article at some point where they almost didn't put Omar's balcony jump in the show because it seemed too spider-man, but there are stories of exactly that happening. Some guy jumping off of a 5th story balcony and getting away.
Hamsterdam was just social commentary I think. Remember in the mid-late 90's how much legalization talk there was. I remember a libertarian mayor somewhere in New Mexico that was given an entire hour in primetime to make his case. Most shows like this run a little behind the trends so it was starting to wane off (and go to state legislatures), but Hamserdam was their contribution to that discussion. That was my take on it at least. There's really no way that something like Hamsterdam could be "kept on the down low" for more than about two days. Even in the projects where no one gives a shit.
Hamsterdam was just social commentary I think. Remember in the mid-late 90's how much legalization talk there was. I remember a libertarian mayor somewhere in New Mexico that was given an entire hour in primetime to make his case. Most shows like this run a little behind the trends so it was starting to wane off (and go to state legislatures), but Hamserdam was their contribution to that discussion. That was my take on it at least. There's really no way that something like Hamsterdam could be "kept on the down low" for more than about two days. Even in the projects where no one gives a shit.
No, there was an interview with one of the show's producers and he said that Hamsterdam was based on something that actually happened in Baltimore, that got squashed when people found out (though not the press, like in the show). They got it from one of the consultants they used who was a Baltimore cop. It is linked in this thread I think (the interview). The guy Omar was based on died pretty recently. He wasn't actually gay I guess, but everything else was basically him.
Adebisi
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Watch The Corner:The Corner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIt's focused on one family that's living in poverty in Bodymore Murderland.
Read (audiobook) Gang Leader for A Day:Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets: Sudhir Venkatesh: 9780143114932: Books - Amazon.caabout a college student who spent 10 years hanging out in the Chicago projects.
Tuco
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I know I'm late to the game so I'm probably just reiterating everything that's been said for years but I was just thinking about how of all the characters and themes in the show Carcetti rustled my jimmies the most.
I knew it would happen, too. When they introduced his well-meaning but ambitious politician I knew they'd make a likable character and have him corrupted by a gray system. I knew they'd show a glimmer of hope and change and it'd go to shit because of the system.
But still. We'd have a totally different show if Carcetti took the money from the state, kept his promises to Daniels and focused his efforts on doing what he promised and cleaning up Baltimore. Instead as soon as he gets in a position to help he focuses on winning the governorship and everything goes to shit.
Fucking thing sucks.
I knew it would happen, too. When they introduced his well-meaning but ambitious politician I knew they'd make a likable character and have him corrupted by a gray system. I knew they'd show a glimmer of hope and change and it'd go to shit because of the system.
But still. We'd have a totally different show if Carcetti took the money from the state, kept his promises to Daniels and focused his efforts on doing what he promised and cleaning up Baltimore. Instead as soon as he gets in a position to help he focuses on winning the governorship and everything goes to shit.
Fucking thing sucks.