The Wire

Curious if any of you guys have watched the wire. I have met very few people who have heard of it, but I feel like this is a forum that appreciates smart shows. If you have not seen it, let me just say I think it is probably the best show ever produced.

 
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love the show. feel like it might be too liberal for some of the more outspoken members here though
I don't know about that. The main political point on the show is that the war on drugs is useless and wasteful. I think even the more traditionally conservative members of WSO tend to agree with that.
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The most amazing show ever created. Period. Although it's not reality tv, the scenes are so honestly realistic you actually think the characters are real. The dilemmas the characters face also feel real, and the solutions aren't usually right or wrong but "grey."

 

The Wire? One of the two best shows I've ever seen.

Disclosure: I am from a violent inner city background and it was incredibly relatable and surprisingly accurate.

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Love both the Wire and Sopranos. Sopranos probably has a little bit extra, in the sense that it has a comedic element to it that the Wire lacks. But the Wire is much grittier and I feel slightly more realistic (no reflection on the Sopranos though, more the premise and characters).

Wouldnt argue with 1 and 1a.

 
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Love both the Wire and Sopranos. Sopranos probably has a little bit extra, in the sense that it has a comedic element to it that the Wire lacks. But the Wire is much grittier and I feel slightly more realistic (no reflection on the Sopranos though, more the premise and characters).

Wouldnt argue with 1 and 1a.

I agree with you about the Wire being grittier but there are definitely a bunch of comedic scenes in the Wire. A few that come to the top of my head: the push/pull scene of the desk with Herc/Carver , when Herc asks the kid where he buys the sideways hats at, the scene where Bunk/McNulty only say fuck, tricking the kid with the scanner using it as a lie detector. That being said, I love the Sopranos just as much and if I had to pick one I think it would be the Sopranos, just much easier to pick up and watch any episode without needing any context.

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Great show. I'm in Season #3 and agree on Omar being a badass.

The Shield was a Top 5 show for me.

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