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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
David Simon’s The Wire
By Tangotiger, 11:50 AM
Non-sports post. Enter at your peril, avoid at your pleasure.
David Simon (Homicide: Life On the Street) is one of my favorites. He has an HBO show called The Wire, which I catch every now and then. It’s a hard show to get into, and I sorta enjoy it. Not like I enjoyed Homicide (that show had Andre Braugher, a fabulous actor, and so had a real center to the show), but it’s good quality. The show is set in Baltimor, and features plenty of gangs, politicians, cops, and newspaper reporters.
I found a blog entry where real-life thugs watch the show, and comment on its authenticity. Very interesting.