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Posted on 3/22/13 at 2:01 pm to Na Mean
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They were playing checkers with chess pieces
One of the single best uses of metaphor in television history.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 2:01 pm to Na Mean
What I love about that scene is that the metaphor is pretty cliche. Everyone has used some variation of "we're all pawns in the game of life". But what is so devastating about that scene is how brutally aware of their lot everyone is. A pawn is a pawn, and he stays a pawn. They have no illusions of ever rising up and being the king. Or even winning.
Which sets up a scene much later in the series I won't spoil, but it is my favorite scene of the Wire.
Which sets up a scene much later in the series I won't spoil, but it is my favorite scene of the Wire.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 2:08 pm to Na Mean
We may argue about what the best show ever is, But there is no argument that the wire is the most important show ever.
It completely changes the way one looks at America.
Simple television awards would be an insult. The Nobel Prize for literature is more appropriate.
It completely changes the way one looks at America.
Simple television awards would be an insult. The Nobel Prize for literature is more appropriate.
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