tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15591393.post5125908775614906394..comments2009-02-28T11:23:15.711-05:00Comments on Quarter Acre: THE WIRE Finale, 2Agricolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273624709153422721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15591393.post-37589749320558397282008-03-27T16:41:00.000-04:002008-03-27T16:41:00.000-04:00Thanks for this comment. Starting from the back a...Thanks for this comment. Starting from the back and working up . . . <BR/><BR/>We did forget the Sopranos quickly, didn't we? I think that's because in the end, <A HREF="http://quarteracre.blogspot.com/2007/06/peggy-noonan-on-sopranos.html" REL="nofollow">as I've written on this blog</A>, Tony is us and we are him (or should I write that in the past, is he dead or alive?). Never the less, watching the Sopranos was a little like looking at our distorted forms in a fun-house mirror, and besides the American suburban experience has been covered ad nauseam (who would do anything else about the 'burbs, really?).<BR/><BR/>The wire though really did go deep on some of the toughest issues facing the country, and as much as I wish there were simple answers there are not -- though from my conservative POV more government will do nothing for cities like Baltimore. Eventually, the folks who live on the streets afflicted by crime need to stand up and demand that nothing get done in the city until the city cleans up the drugs and the guns and squalor.Agricolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273624709153422721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15591393.post-3379070372138134732008-03-26T23:42:00.000-04:002008-03-26T23:42:00.000-04:00I have written several comments on this entry, but...I have written several comments on this entry, but each time I cancel out at the last second. I don't know why. <BR/><BR/>This show hit me to my core and I don't want the burden of summing it up in nice neat package. The Wire can't possibly fit into a neat little box because it permeates just about every aspect of our society, be it: police work, journalism, education, unions, drug cartels, poverty, the oblivious middle class, social programs, budget cuts, hope and realism.<BR/><BR/>I just want you to know that I read your blog and I am simply not ready, or more likely, capable of explaining how this show affected me.<BR/><BR/>I'm just glad I was a part of it, and I am utterly despondent that it is over—although deep down inside I know it is best the show ended when it did. Like you, I thought the last season came dangerously close to jumping the shark, but I am glad it didn't.<BR/><BR/>Pookie becoming the next Bubbles really hit me. It's a cyclical epidemic and we haven't figured out what it takes to break it. I think the one takeaway from the show is just that—we haven't figured it out yet. The system is broken. It is broken into a million complicated pieces. <BR/><BR/>It wasn't easy watching this series because it wasn't glorified like so many other cop or gang shows. This series didn't have a happy ending, and I am glad it didn't The problems plaguing Baltimore, and every other urban community in our country, still exist.<BR/><BR/>I think the audience is much wiser, and hopefully David Simon's intention of beginning an honest discussion actually materializes. I would hate for the viewers to leave this series behind like we did with The Sopranos. It's too important.insufficienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13196284400123494850noreply@blogger.com