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Looking at all these contentious issues, it’s understandable that a novice might be a little afraid of watching “The Wire.” The truly amazing thing about the show, however, is that it brings forth all of these issues through dynamic, involving, and often genuinely funny characters. The ostensible protagonist of “The Wire” is idealistic cop Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West), but speaking only of McNulty does a disservice to the show’s remarkable ensemble of brilliant detectives, cunning drug dealers, beleaguered bureaucrats, and heartbreaking street victims?...
What words can I write to mark the passing of “The Wire?” I could tell you that it’s my favorite television show of all time. (It is.) I could tell you that it’s the best television show ever made. (I think so, and many critics agree.) I could even tell you that it’s not merely a TV show; it’s a potential political force that, if it ever finds a broad enough viewership, would have the power to change the fabric of this...
...Wire,” for the uninitiated, is HBO’s magnificent drama series about the city of Baltimore. Don’t worry if you’re among the uninitiated; the show has been criminally underwatched, especially throughout its final season, and it’s been consistently ignored by the Emmys. Over its five seasons, “The Wire” was structured something like an archery target: the bullseye, introduced in the first season, was a group of cops and a group of drug dealers, both fascinating and flawed. One hunts the other...
...running a city (or country). And for all of us—from future politicians, lawyers, and journalists to garden-variety citizens—it has more than a few important messages about the real troubles that afflict this country. In the world of “The Wire,” as the final episode so beautifully and movingly showed, everything moves in cycles, and the system feeds itself. The only way we can break it is by agitating en masse: against lies, against self-interest, against whatever we’ve been told. Idealists...
...citizen asked to serve on a jury for a non-violent drug case should vote to acquit, no matter what the crime. It doesn’t matter whether or not you agree; if the argument interests you, you need to track down DVDs of “The Wire.” It’s rare that a television show can offer that kind of intellectual honesty to its viewers...