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August 25th, 2008 at 08:10am Will Pfeifer
Here’s the video version of this week’s column, a review of the final season of HBO’s top-notch drama, THE WIRE.
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And, if you want to read the written version (more detail, fewer clips from the show), click here.
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4 Comments Add your own
1. LD | August 25th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Oh boy, Will…. I think you still missed The Wire’s main focus. It’s not really the drug war. You need to go back and watch from Season 1 and then re-watch Season 5. It’s not about drugs, it’s not about politicians, or cops, or dealers. It’s not about the docks, or the schools, or the paper…. it’s about the city.
2. Will Pfeifer | August 25th, 2008 at 10:59 am
No, I realize that the focus is the whole city of Baltimore, and how all the various aspects of the city affect each other, but I still think the drug war is the prism through which the series views the city. I’m going to watch the other seasons, though LD — definitely. In fact, I’m working my way through 1 right now.
3. LD | August 25th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Glad to hear it! After watching all the seasons, you can’t help but be moved by episode 9 in the final season. To me that episode summed up what the entire series was about.
4. Dr. K | August 26th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Will, I’m glad to see you’re getting on the Wire train, but it is unfortunate that you watched season 5 first, rather than watching them in order. With your tastes, though, I can guarantee that you’ll be blown away by the whole series.
Also, I think you’re dead on in your comparison of The Wire to a novel rather than a conventional tv series, especially as David Simon employed some great crime novelists as writers on the series.
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