“A bitterly ironic end …”
The Associated Press was so taken by this season’s latest shocking death that it moved an article about it on the entertainment wires. Major spoiler alert! Click on More to read the piece by Ben...
View ArticleThe Wire: Omar’s last stand
The sad, violent streets of Baltimore claim another major character in Episode 58, “Clarifications.” Still injured from his multistory plunge to escape a gunfight, limping badly and all alone,...
View ArticlePenultimate presentation
Things begin wrapping up in Episode 59, “Late Editions” — or do they? Although not in the same league as the previous week’s killing of rip-’n'-run artist Omar Little, another notable character is...
View ArticleThe end of the greatest show ever
Justice is delivered and justice is denied for the righteous and unrighteous alike in Episode 60, “-30-.” The size of the monkey wrench that Officer Jimmy McNulty and Detective Lester Freamon have...
View ArticleSavoring the acclaim
I was perusing the archives of the New York Times the other day for something completely unrelated to stellar television crime dramas, but in a moment of boredom I sniffed around to see what had been...
View ArticleSimon beyond Baltimore
Last week, Variety.com looked past the end of “The Wire” and reported on David Simon’s future projects: An exploration of the musicians community in post-Katrina New Orleans and “Generation Kill,” an...
View ArticleGang members watch the series, and see right through it
The New York Times recently invited Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociology professor at Columbia University, to sit down with some “street figures” from New York and gather their impressions of Season 5. Their...
View ArticleFinal thoughts keep coming
Friends continue to send in links to their favorite articles on “The Wire.” If you haven’t seen these, enjoy, and pass them on to fellow fans. • MTV: What’s Next for the Cast? • The Washington Post: So...
View ArticleThree critics on the greatest show in the history of television
Mark Bowden, Jeffrey Goldberg and Ross Douthat, three critics for Atlantic Monthly, review, analyze and savor “The Wire” in a smart, funny and not ludicrously pedantic series of four videos. They’re...
View Article“We ain’t gotta dream no more …”
The suffocating weight of sadness has eased, and coherent thought has finally returned. … “Get back to work,” the head whispers with a tinge of condescension to the heart. “It’s just a TV show.” Yes,...
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