washington post article on the Wire

'The Wire': Young Adults See Bits of Their Past

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Heather Havrilesky's review of the fourth season of the Wire, focusing on the kids on the show. Havrilesky is one of my favorite tv critics. Maybe my favorite. And here's the link to David Simon's Reason Magazine interview that Havrilesky mentions.

Behind The Wire: David Simon on where the show goes next.

The fourth season of HBO's The Wire comes to an end next Sunday. A show of remarkable complexity, co-written by former Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon and former police detective Ed Burns, it is perhaps the most critically acclaimed TV program of the season. What critics and fans alike have noted is The Wire's remarkable narrative compression; as in the best novels, there is a sense that every detail has a purpose. Early on, The Wire may have impressed viewers with its cop-show chops—the first season focused on the Barksdale drug crew and the investigative police force trying to bring them down—but the show was always about something bigger—namely, the life of the city itself. In the fourth season, which concludes on Dec. 10, the show has expanded its focus from local politics and the drug trade to the public school system; with only one remaining season scheduled, we pressed David Simon on what The Wire adds up to, how the writers' room operates, and what might be in store in Season 5. Simon spoke with me by phone from his office in Baltimore.

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Outgoing Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich has a cameo in the Wire

Carmelo Anthony and the Wire

Jordan Brand hosted a special dinner for ‘Melo the other night in Denver to celebrate the M3, and the Baltimore native invited several cast members of The Wire (aka the best show on the television) to the party. Carmelo has never made it a secret how much he loves the gritty HBO drama.

Aw, Felicia Peason looks so young.

Slate's Breaking Down the Wire

Good morning and welcome to Breaking Down The Wire. I'm a guest, too, so we can make this up as we go along and hope Alex and Steve won't think we screwed up their gig too badly when they come back.

I am a huge evangelist for this show—I've given the DVD as a Hanukkah present to more than one family member, and this fall, after watching the first three seasons courtesy of Netflix, I persuaded my principled husband to subscribe to HBO for the first time so I could watch the fourth season in real time. I know you're a big fan as well. And there's lots to discuss as the season rumbles into its final quarter. But I have to say, I found this week's episode a bit baffling, as a matter of character development, which the writers usually address with such care. Here's the question that had my husband and me shouting at the screen: Michael, what are you DOING?!?...

Terry Gross of Fresh Air interviews the Wire's Ed Burns

It's on right now in Chicago (11/22/06) as I write this. If you missed it, you can stream it here.