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act1856 t1_j28d2a8 wrote
Reply to comment by bloodyturtle in How is the Wire still one of the best shows ever? by spontaneous_combust
Sure, but Mackey is still the show’s hero… and anti-hero maybe, but someone we’re meant to root for.
act1856 t1_j28655a wrote
Reply to comment by Sector__7 in How is the Wire still one of the best shows ever? by spontaneous_combust
Is this a troll? The Shield is like the ultimate copaganda show and The Wire is a complex and ambitious examination of America’s economic and social decline through its urban institutions. They aren’t even doing the same thing.
act1856 t1_j285vh8 wrote
There can be shows people enjoy more… but there are no better shows, because no other show has ever tried to accomplish story telling on the scale of The Wire.
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Reply to comment by bloodyturtle in How is the Wire still one of the best shows ever? by spontaneous_combust
You’re kind of making my point — all the shows you’ve mentioned are basically character studies of flawed “hero’s”. The wire is something entirely different. There is no comparison.