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re: Re-watching The Wire on HBOMax
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:19 pm to Saskwatch
Posted on 4/16/21 at 7:19 pm to Saskwatch
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Shite David Simon could have just taken the same story line and placed it in New Orleans instead of doing "Treme". The mayor, NOPD, and newspaper interplay mirrors what the series detailed in Baltimore. They sho nuff could find plenty of locals to make it realistic
I could remember continually waiting for Treme to start focusing on those real problems that were only exacerbated by Katrina, only to finally realize it wasn’t going to happen and being like...
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Posted on 4/17/21 at 1:46 pm to supatigah
All good points, especially about how they use media to manipulate public perception. I watched it a few years after the finale and always wondered how the technology aspects would hold up over time since so much of the show is based on that. I'll have to give it a rewatch soon. Still one of my favorite shows to this day.
Posted on 4/17/21 at 2:18 pm to Abraham H Parnassis
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I submit that Gus had no blemishes
However street smart he was on the floor, he was hopelessly naive about his industry (perhaps a little confession by Simon?)
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Bird had no decency.
There was just so little development of him - that's all they let us see, but I agree.
And are we giving Cheese a pass because he loved his fighting dog? Hitler loved his dogs, too.
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