The Wire

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• Badass men - Al Swearengen (Deadwood), Sayid Jarrah (Lost), Michael Westen (Burn Notice), Omar Little (The Wire) • Bald cops - Theo Kojak (Kojak), Andy Sipowicz (NYPD Blue), Frank Pembleton (Homicide), Vic Mackey (The Shield)

Published Tue, Nov 17

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

Five Things About Me: 36 37 38 39 40.

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37. I’m a total sucker for a certain kind of TV.  While I live for Mad Men Sundays, look forward to Lost starting up again and own all five seasons of The Wire, I also have my TiVo set to record Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and the relaunched Melrose Place — basically, an embarrassing amount o...

Published Mon, Oct 19

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

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An unskilled and poorly educated underclass is trapped between the drug economy and the war on drugs. The Wire compresses decades of the Baltimore drug trade into its five seasons. In a sense, the way the series depicts the many facets of that trade functions to give us a master class in the hi...

Published Tue, Oct 13

Do Not Disturb.

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Listen carefully. The Wire is THE best crime drama ever shown in the history of television. This HBO original spanned five seasons and while each one tackled different subject matters, the culmination resulted in compelling and thought-provoking episodes. The subject matter covered dr...

Published Sun, Sep 20