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The Wire

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BuckeyeLiger87;1324849; said:
I liked all of the first 4. Didn't really like Season 5 and hated the way omar went out.
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At first, I didn't care for season 4 because it was so dark but I appreciate it a lot more now and really the whole series.

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I know what you mean about Omar but that's what's so great about The Wire. It didn't follow any formulas. It stayed true to itself. Anyone can get got and that message was hammered home again and again(Stringer and Omar being the most noteworthy).
 
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OregonBuckeye;1328119; said:
At first, I didn't care for season 4 because it was so dark but I appreciate it a lot more now and really the whole series.

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I know what you mean about Omar but that's what's so great about The Wire. It didn't follow any formulas. It stayed true to itself. Anyone can get got and that message was hammered home again and again(Stringer and Omar being the most noteworthy).
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Writing in gray because it's cool. Omar going out the way he did is what makes this series great. The street is fucking brutal and that's the way people really go out on it. No hollywood shootout you just end up dead, anonymous in a puddle blood like every other player in the game. The wire shows us this shizz ain't about glory. Drug game in America ain't about scarface style bullshizzle it's mean, cold mistress.
 
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DaytonBuck;1329090; said:
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Writing in gray because it's cool. Omar going out the way he did is what makes this series great. The street is fucking brutal and that's the way people really go out on it. No hollywood shootout you just end up dead, anonymous in a puddle blood like every other player in the game. The wire shows us this shizz ain't about glory. Drug game in America ain't about scarface style bullshizzle it's mean, cold mistress.
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The same could be said about McNulty and Freamon. Usually in crime dramas, the cops get the bad guys in the end. Not in Simon's reality though. In Simon's reality the cops turn out to be the antiheroes. Freamon and McNulty both have major flaws, whether it be dishonesty, alcoholism, or a pride so great they think their way is the only way. That's what is so great about the show, every character from the low-level street dealer to the high-ranking police commander or mayor has a flaw(s) that is exposed. This causes the viewer to see every character as neither inherently good or inherently bad. Nothing is ever black or white in The Wire, just shades of gray.
 
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Though white people have a natural aversion to television, there are some exceptions. For white people to like a TV show it helps if it is: critically acclaimed, low-rated, shown on premium cable, and available as a DVD box set. The latter is important so that white people can order it from Netflix and tell their friends “they are really into <insert series> and I watched ten episodes in a row in the weekend. I’m almost caught up.”
If you attempt to talk about an episode they have not seen yet, they will scream and cover their ears. In white culture, giving away information about a film or TV series is considered as rude as spitting on your mothers grave. It is an unforgivable offense.
Recent series that have fallen into this category include The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, and most recently The Wire.
For the past three years, whenever you say “The Wire” white people are required to respond by saying “it’s the best show on television.” Try it the next time you see a white person! Though now they might say “it WAS the best show on television.”
So why do they love it so much? It all comes down to authenticity. A long time ago, someone started a rumor that when The Wire is on TV, actual police wires go quiet because all the dealers are watching the show. Though this is not true, it seems plausible enough to white people and has imbued the show with the needed authenticity to be deemed acceptable.
The popularity of this show among white people has create a unique opportunity for personal gain.
If you need to impress a white person, tell them you are from Baltimore. They will immediately ask you about The Wire and how accurate it is. You should confirm that it is “like a documentary of the streets,” the white person will then slowly shake their head and say “man” or “wow.” You will be seen in an entirely new light.
If you are not from Baltimore but the white person you are talking to is, they might start asking you a lot of questions. In this situation, you should just say you left when you were young but you still have a lot of cousins there but you don’t like to go back to visit. This will remove all doubts and they can go back to telling you about how John from Accounting needs to “stop snitching” about their two hour lunch breaks.
 
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My fellow junkies, I just picked up the newly released complete series of The Wire for $90 at Best Buy. It comes with a bonus CD of 35 tracks of songs and soundbites from the show, and 68-page booklet.

All of their HBO series are 50% off right now, and although I didn't need to buy it or want to buy any non blu ray DVDs, I couldn't stop myself. It's like owning a copy of the Catcher in the Rye. It just belongs on the bookshelf.

Amazon also has it for the same price right now. So I guess it's an issue of saving on sales tax (Amazon) vs. the bonus CD/booklet and instant viewing (Best Buy).

Link to Best Buy

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Complete-Dominic-West/dp/B001FA1P1W"]Link to Amazon[/ame]
 
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Commentary: Growing up in the world of 'The Wire'

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Despite my misgivings, I love "The Wire." The dialogue crackles, the characters are rich and the minute ways it captures how Baltimoreans move and talk is uncanny. But the "Complete" story isn't the whole story.

"The Wire" did, however, nail one childhood memory for me.

The most realistic moment in "The Wire" for me didn't take place during any violent showdown. It took place in a steakhouse. The scene involved a "Wire" character called "Bunny" Colvin, a major in the Baltimore Police Department.

Colvin helps run an experimental program for problem students at a local high school. One night, he decides to take three of a school's most disruptive students to a steakhouse in downtown Baltimore. The kids are loud and brash, but they're petrified when they have to sit down in a fancy restaurant filled with white people. They can't function and end up leaving the restaurant, still hungry and angry.

I could relate.

When I was asked in high school to join an academic team that would compete on television against elite, white high schools in Baltimore, I said no. When I attended my first year in college, I wouldn't speak in class and stopped going because I was so intimidated being around people who could actually speak proper English. I almost flunked out. I felt like an imposter.
Sometimes, it's not enough to give kids who come from a world like "The Wire" the chance to get out. They also have to be convinced that they deserve it.

I almost sabotaged myself because I wanted to go back to what was familiar. Even though the familiar was depressing, it was all I knew. Now I know something different because a lot of people convinced me that I deserved to be in that other world.

I wish Cutty would have done the same for Dukie. I wish he would have told him he would find a way from "here to the rest of the world."

I hope the real-life Dukies know that. They deserve a chance to say goodbye to that world, too.
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bigballin2987;1331858; said:
Though white people have a natural aversion to television, there are some exceptions. For white people to like a TV show it helps if it is: critically acclaimed, low-rated, shown on premium cable, and available as a DVD box set.
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As opposed to negroes who don't have an aversion to TV because they do nothing but sit around and watch television and eat KFC because they be all on welfare...'n shit. :roll1:

WTF?


bigballin2987;1331858; said:
For the past three years, whenever you say ?The Wire? white people are required to respond by saying ?it?s the best show on television.? Try it the next time you see a white person! Though now they might say ?it WAS the best show on television.?
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OK, where do I turn in my Charter Member Caucasian Card?
 
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abandonedplaces: Abandoned HBO Soundstage for "The Wire"
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