I’m a day late to catch this post Amanda did on the The Wire, the black hole we call the “the War on Drugs,” and jury nullification. Neither did I see this Time article by Burns, Lehane, Pelecanos, Price and Simon. I’m on my lunch hour without time to flesh any of this out but [...]
David Simon interview on Fresh Air today
Listen on yer radio or here
h/t michaela
Best Dramatic Series
The Wire has been awarded Best Dramatic Series honors by the Writers Guild of America. The 2008 WGA awards were announced yesterday:
DRAMATIC SERIES
THE WIRE, Written by Ed Burns, Chris Collins, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, William F. Zorzi; HBO
Simon, New Orleans, and the Davis Rogan connection
First, to set the stage, the standard NuPac head shot. Davis Rogan, Ben Franklin High School yearbook, 1982:
Gus, Omar on NPR’s Fresh Air
Spurred by this comment to Nancy’s newest post, I dug up the recent Terry Gross interviews of Clark Johnson (Gus) on 1/21/08 and Michael K. Williams (Omar) on 1/22/08. I enjoyed them both immensely.
I might also add that these Fresh Air shows (and other NPR offerings) are available as free podcasts on iTunes.
Apropos of angry
As I was stumbling through the links to the links to the links, I read this Rolling Stone interview for the first time.
Yeah, it’s over a year old but there’s not a blogger at this joint that doesn’t think about New Orleans every single day. Indeed, it’s part of the glue that brought this particularly [...]
Down in the hole with Steve Earle
Stumbled across this piece at Spinner.com:
Steve Earle discusses Way Down in the Hole, the show, and his role as Waylon.
“Playing Waylon is like going to a 12 step meeting and getting paid for it.”
What was his favorite Wire moment?
It’s not all work for Earle, however. The singer-songwriter is an avid fan of the show [...]
“The Wire is dissent”
Must read:
Simon’s comment on Yglesias’ post in response to the Atlantic article referenced below.
I would argue that people comfortable with the economic and political trends in the United States right now — and thinking that the nation and its institutions are equipped to respond meaningfully to the problems depicted with some care and accuracy on [...]
“There’s a Wire in every fuckin’ city.”
via Jim’s site,
excerpts from New York Magazine’s interview with Michael K. Williams (Omar)
Do you think The Wire’s helped to shed light on the darker side of Baltimore?
What I really hope the show’s done is struck a chord with all the hoods in all the cities of this country. Because, really, what The Wire is, is [...]
So, where are we?
[WARNING: This is not spoiler material, as it's already been made public, but if you don't want to know anything ahead of time, don't continue.]
I’m curious to know what everyone here is thinking about on the eve of Season 5. As we all know, the vast scope of the series and size of the [...]
