The Wire

THE AVON BARKSDALE STORY-LEGENDS OF THE UNWIRED

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E1 MUSIC ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF DVD “AVON BARKSDALE STORY – LEGENDS OF THE UNWIRED” IN MARCH 2010 Barksdale says he consulted David Simon, the creator of The Wire, during the early filming of the highly successful mini-series. He says, “The Wire was one long commercial for this!”

Published Thu, Oct 29

David Simon on Creating The Wire

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The Wire is probably the best television show ever made and it deserves as much publicity as possible for its overall quality and the message it achieves. If Simon’s retrospective on creating The Wire reminds others who have watched it to tell their friends or even gets new watchers on boar...

Published Wed, Oct 21

David Simon on why he created The Wire - Times Online

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I don’t always agree with the critics, especially the ones who cast their eyes on television. I don’t always agree with the critics, especially the ones who cast their eyes on television.

Published Tue, Oct 20

The Good Wife – “Fixed”

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With Chris Bauer (who is coming off of a stint on True Blood, but who I will always refer to as Frank Sobotka due to The Wire) as the opposing attorney, the acting calibre was as solid as the show ever is, and the legal side of things again feels very well populated with engaging characters. Mean...

Published Tue, Oct 13

The Soap Effect

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The current master of this phenomenon is True Blood, HBO’s vampires in the deep south drama.  It’s a interesting concept and is obviously well made, with a good cast.  I still don’t really like it.  Nothing seems to have happened and I don’t care about any of the characters (besides the gay v...

Published Fri, Sep 25

The Corner

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Before David Simon and Ed Burns made The Wire– they wrote The Corner. Its brilliant, of course. And it shares many themes with The Wire. But its also more focused then The Wire. The 600 pages of The Corner focus on a year in the life of a handful of real people who lived near the corners of Fayette and...

Published Tue, Sep 22

Treme: Life on the Banquette

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For those of us who have suffered through the gumbo parties of “K-Ville” and Dennis Quaid’s insufferable Cajun accent in “The Big Easy” (and bog knows I could go on), this is a promising moment. David Simon is a former journalist whose book “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets” became “H...

Published Thu, Sep 17

Highest Video Rec: The Wire

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The Wire is set in the hard-working city of Baltimore, a city Producer David Simon knows well.  Each season deals with a different facet of the drug-dealing standoff between the criminals and the coppers, with recurring characters, minor and major to follow throughout.  Season 1 was firm...

Published Wed, Sep 16