A day or a week is not completed without watching a TV Series or a TV show these days. A good number of TV series and shows are broadcasted every week and we are all aware of Netflix and such platforms. For now, here we will be discussing an old gold mine which never won any awards during its playtime but was highly Lauded these days for its … [Read more...]
Omar in the Dell
Rats always run for holes in times of danger”–Omar For his second heist, Omar and his crew take their act to the Eastside, partly because they want to lay low after Brandon called Omar out in the Lowrise rip, and partly for some easy pickings. This stickup is the opposite of the first one in every way. This one is in broad daylight, with not a … [Read more...]
1.1: The Snotboogie Paradox
A version of this piece was originally posted on wirefans.com Why’d you even let him in the game? — McNulty Before the Barksdale Crew, before the Special Investigations Unit, before the docks and the Greeks, before City Hall and Hamsterdam, before the eighth graders of Tilghman Middle School and the reporters of the Baltimore Sun, there was … [Read more...]
Date Night at the Harbor
Acting like we belong down here, know what I’m saying?–D’Angelo F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is one of the clearest literary influences for The Wire. I teach literature, so I will grant that I am inclined to see correspondences with the books that I teach everywhere I look, but in this case, I can defend it pretty easily. … [Read more...]
“The Wire”: Chess as a Metaphor for Everything
It's No surprise. "The Wire" TV Show and the characters which are penned can be remembered for a really long time for its realistic and novelty touch. "The wire chess scene" Stood as one of the Masterpieces most of the viewers and here is everything explained clearly. Chess is a metaphor for drug deals, Avon is the king and you’re the … [Read more...]