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Kara Thrace (Battlestar Galactica) + Jimmy McNulty (The Wire) = Carrie Mathison (Homeland) [via thefrakkintrinity15]
The best in “The Wire” motivational posters. [via WireInspire]
The Wire’s Michael K. ‘Omar’ Williams Is Headed to Community
If Abed from Community were a real person, his head might explode at the following news: Michael K. Williams, best known as Omar from The Wire, is joining the cast of the NBC series for at least three episodes this fall. He’ll be playing the Greendale gang’s new biology professor… [via Vulture]
David Simon will do another season of "The Wire" if the Attorney General Ends the War on Drugs
I’ve heard and proposed a lot of bargains in my life, but this is far and away the best.
Apparently, “The Wire” creator emailed the Times of London after:
…attorney general Eric Holder’s light-hearted plea for another season of The Wire at a drug policy event in Washington last Tuesday. “I want to speak directly to [Co-creator Ed] Burns and Mr. Simon: Do another season of The Wire,” adding, “I have a lot of power Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon.” Late last week, Simon replied with a counter offer:
The Attorney-General’s kind remarks are noted and appreciated. I’ve spoken to Ed Burns and we are prepared to go to work on season six of The Wire if the Department of Justice is equally ready to reconsider and address its continuing prosecution of our misguided, destructive and dehumanising drug prohibition.
The exchange has at least clarified one thing: the chances of another season of The Wire are now exactly the same as America having a rational dialogue about drug law reform. [via Atlantic]
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The Wire Reimagined as a Victorian Era Novel (i.e. The Best Thing You’ll See Today)
Many characters of the age pale in comparison to The Wire, but if any other deserves explicit exploration, it is James “Jimmy” McNulty. While McNulty is rich in his own right, he is particularly interesting in comparison to the viewpoint characters of Dickens. As Dickens progressed from his “picaresque” adventure-style novels to his more serious explorations of society, so too did his central protagonist evolve. And yet, instead of gaining in complexity, Dickens’ viewpoint characters dwindled—in personality, idiosyncrasy, any unique or identifying traits.
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Baltimore police commissioner slams The Wire, David Simon slams Baltimore police commissioner
To critics and fans, HBO’s The Wire’s uncompromising look at a city in decay is exactly what made it so important—not only as a rarity in television drama, but as a sociological snapshot that’s even worthy of academic study. But Baltimore’s Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefield, it seems, just wishes it had been more like CSI: Miami. [via AV Club]
Bealefield is just pissed because he didn’t get cast or even a shout-out in “The Wire,” as if it appears half of Baltimore’s cops and criminals from the 1980s/90s did.
I’d love this to be sold in one of those motivational poster Mall Kiosks where they have photos of whales jumping out of the ocean, titled Perfection.
Finally, something 10-year-old me and me now can high-five about. This is awesome.
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#WireDerbyHorseNames: The Greatest Twitter Hashtag Of All-Time
omar’s sawed off shotgun
King Stays the King
Shit Was Unseemly
Good Police
Doing Real Police Work
Smart Ass Pawn
Giving a Fuck When It Ain’t Your Turn To Give A Fuck
Look the Part, Be the Part
You Happy Now Bitch
[via Twitter/Deadspin]
NYT: Idris Elba, ‘Wire’ Star Redirects His Electricity
Though in real life Mr. Elba’s jaunty accent comes from East London, not Baltimore, in a phone interview from his Florida home he sounded much like the driven Stringer, who ran heroin-distribution meetings according to Robert’s Rules of Order. Stringer had no interest in cred-building gangster posturing, and Mr. Elba has little patience for the actor’s equivalent: endless prattling about art and the corresponding reluctance to speak frankly about one’s own ambitions. [via NYT[
