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The Wire As Victorian Literature

post #1 of 5
3/24/11 at 8:23am
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This is seriously great.

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post #2 of 5
3/24/11 at 8:59am

Thanks, that really is great, though some of the comments below seem to be trying a little too hard.

 

"Mr. Moreland and Mr. McNulty on the hunt." Genius.

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post #3 of 5
3/25/11 at 8:56am

Yeah, that's kind of brilliant. You could almost print those pages alone and it would be wonderful. Horatio Bucklesby Ogden . Awesome.

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post #4 of 5
3/25/11 at 9:27am
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It reminded me of a more serious-minded Sam Strange, how it uses fictionalized history to deliver actual analysis of the text. Comparing The Wire to a sprawling novel, or even Dickens, is certainly not new (hell, there's a season five episode called "The Dickensian Aspect") but the execution here is phenomenal.

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post #5 of 5
9/6/11 at 8:31pm

So, long term bump here, but I just finished watching Season 1 of the Wire (I know, I have already done my Hail Marys in penance). It is fabulous and I just bought Season 2.

 

So, imagine my surprise when stumbling upon this link without finding this thread.  As was said by my betters, the execution is flawless. I would spend serious money on a collection of episode guides if they were illustrated in the same manner.

 

 

It reminded me a bit of Two Gentlemen of Lebowski.

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