The Wire

The Wire: Five Seasons In Five Minutes

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Watching Omar Little testify got me all nostalgic for The Wire, so I figured I’d post this up as well. A rapper by the name of Mad Skillz sums up the entire story of The Wire in five minutes. Watching Omar Little testify got me all nostalgic for The Wire, so I figured I’d post this up

Published Sun, Nov 8

Sunday Soliloquy: The Wire S02E06

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More scene than soliloquy, but one of the most memorable scenes from The Wire in my books. Omar Little is one of my favorite characters of all time, and one worth studying. Here he is at his best while testifying against a member of the Barksdale crew.

Published Sat, Nov 7

Ivy League Wire Taps

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Now young rich whites can learn the ins-and-outs of how to truly run a proper business with proper direction from the boys on the block.  It’s only a matter of time before the narcos start to find “bodies” in those vacant dorms.  Word on the street is that Mr. Omar will be running the school’s fin...

Published Sat, Nov 7

The Stringer Bell Business School

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On market saturation: Finally, a note on Mr. Bell’s credentials from guest lecturer, Omar Little. The only difference between a gangster and a businessman, or more specifically, a marketer? If you follow me on Twitter, you’d know that I am a rabid fan of The Wire. It is, simply put, the mo

Published Mon, Nov 2

The Show Stealers

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There are too many strong performances in The Wire to mention in this one post, but you knew if you had to pick one, only one, it would be Omar Little. The homosexual-gangster-whistling-robin-hood-assassin takes the biscuit for strange hyphenated partners. I’m pretty certain David Sim...

Published Thu, Oct 15

The Wire, Season 1, Episode 6, "The Wire"

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If Rawls could just stop being so jealous of McNulty, because that’s what it is, pure jealousy, then maybe the citizens of Baltimore can get their justice. Rawls knows he’ll ruin the case for McNulty if he gets his way. That’s why Daniels better step in. Good, Daniels is stepping in. It’s so diff...

Published Tue, Oct 13

You Want it to be One Way

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Author Dennis Lehane coined this line in one of his short stories, and later it was used by Marlo Stanfield in season 4 of The Wire. The context of the line is that Marlo, the most powerful and wealthiest drug kingpin in the city, a modern-day King Richard type, has just stolen a lollipop from a...

Published Fri, Oct 2

Opinion: Alluring Community

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In one of the best scenes in The Wire, from the middle of season three, Bunk confronts Omar, reminding him that they grew up together: “Rough as that neighborhood could be, we had us a community. Wasn’t nobody, no victim, who didn’t matter.” It hits home to Omar, too: just watch the last shot an...

Published Sun, Sep 20