tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post2235958670442053594..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: The Wire: Season 5Adam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-54962277212450966012009-09-17T22:50:18.743+00:002009-09-17T22:50:18.743+00:00This is the greatest television show I've ever...This is the greatest television show I've ever seen. Ever since it ended there's been a hole in my television watching that yearns for fulfillment. How did this never win an Emmy? Politics, maybe?Craignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-63768359926658631792009-02-04T03:48:00.000+00:002009-02-04T03:48:00.000+00:00You mean, as opposed to rightist Republican-govern...You mean, as opposed to rightist Republican-governed cities which are beacons of light and law and order like San Diego and Dallas? ;-)<BR/><BR/>THE WIRE isn't very sympathetic to politicians in general, and certainly the Democrat Tommy Carcetti is given a very rough ride particularly in Season 5, but I think it does succeed in pinpointing the problems experienced by modern American mid-level cities like Baltimore are systemic rather than the result of any particular political philosophy. Something I wished they had raised in the show was a comparison with the way New York's crime rate was slashed shortly before Season 1 began, and perhaps a better explanation of why the same tactics were not applicable to Baltimore (although the theme of the police force being chronically underfunded has been present throughout).Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-76256424035033057302009-02-04T02:38:00.000+00:002009-02-04T02:38:00.000+00:00"Baltimore, a crime-addled, bankrupt city where th..."Baltimore, a crime-addled, bankrupt city where the people are just struggling to survive day by day." <BR/><BR/>It (and many other US cities sure are) but its no surprise being they are heavily leftist Democrat cities...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com