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...Wire?? differed in numerous ways from most of the (very) light television I watched, but most striking and powerful was the very human and real nature of the characters and story lines. Spending time at a college where everyone dreams and imagines having a terrific career and making a difference in the world, “The Wire?? was a nice reminder that in the real world, happy endings are not a guarantee (or even likely): half-measures are common, and self-interest usually reigns supreme. Neither conservative nor liberal in tone, the show is unabashedly...

Author: By Ravi N. Mulani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubble’s Redemption | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...least, these three characters portrayed by Michael K. Williams, Sonja Sohn, and Andre Royo in HBO’s “The Wire?? were so compelling that the African and African American Studies Department invited the actors to discuss the show’s alarming depiction of inner-city Baltimore...

Author: By MARIETTA M COBURN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: When it Comes Down to “The Wire,” Community Service Still Comes First | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

After the news that HBO TV show “The Wire?? would be used as a case study in an upcoming Harvard course made waves online last week, an actor from the show and his wife led a discussion at Harvard Law School yesterday centered around the show’s depiction of public schools...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HBO's 'The Wire' Sparks Discussion | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

Cast member Jim True-Frost and his wife Cora True-Frost, a professor at the Law School, used the fourth season of “The Wire?? as a jumping-off point to examine wider issues in education and the reality of inner city schools...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HBO's 'The Wire' Sparks Discussion | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...professional, alluding to their own childhoods in underprivileged communities. “I have not allowed this business to remove me from the hood. People in my hood [Brooklyn] are dying in huge numbers,” said Williams. “This is the real Wire?...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘The Wire’ Lays It On the Line | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

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