The Wire

where's wallace?

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so if you’re a fan of “The Wire” and/or you’ve seen the “100 greatest wire quotes in 10 mins” video you’ve probably seen the following clip wherein D’Angelo politely asks Stringer Bell if he knows Wallace’s whereabouts: maybe D’Angelo would have made it if he’d just read this book, instea...

Published Fri, Nov 20

The Wire - 100 Greatest Quotes (but not really)

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A solid little montage here.  A little heavy on the early season Barksdale stuff and way, way too light on season four–the greatest achievement in television history. After that, all that’s left is to change the name from “The Wire – 100 Greatest Quotes” to “The Best Thing That’s Ever Happen...

Published Mon, Nov 16

E1 to Release "The Avon Barksdale Story" on DVD!

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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!” E1 Music is excited to announce the release of The Avon Barksdale Story- Legends Of The Unwired – in

Published Sat, Nov 14

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

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 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