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- Feb 8, 2001
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you have to really like jazz or whatever to like treme...
was so bored.
That season was garbage. Skimmed a few eps, don't care at all about the newspaper BS or the stupid hobo plot or the mayor. Nothing remotely interesting
Omar Little is a good character, but the guy who played Bubbles. Damn, what an actor.
David Simon, the creator of The Wire just premiered a new show on HBO called Treme. It's about post-Katrina New Orleans. The first episode was solid, and it has Lester and Bunk from The Wire in it.
well, the creator of The Wire, David Simon, worked for the Baltimore Sun for 2 decades or so. So, if anything, it's probably the most "honest." It may not appeal to you if you're oblivious to what's been happening to print media over the previous decade, and understandably, but the storyline uses a very real situation (shitty management and downsizing at the Baltimore Sun, specifically) as an indictment on the greater problems facing print media and well, the foundations of journalism and news reporting across the country.
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Season 2 was the worst season. each season focuses on one municipal/public aspect of city infrastructure, while mostly following related drug trade stories.
season 1 Homicide division/drug trade--establishes the anchoring plot for the series
season 2 Harbor
season 3 moves to politics (Mayoral campaign)
season 4 is public education
season 5 is the Media
The Harbor story and characters are mostly ignored outside of season 2, so it ends up being a bit of a dark horse.
Seasons 3 & 4 are absolutely EPIC, though. A must see.
Yeah I get what they were going for, its just not interesting television unless you grew up with newspapers as a huge part of your life (i.e. you're 40+ years old).
I disagree. I don't think they went overboard at all with the newspaper, and I really like the "all angle" aspect that we got.
I get the point of showing all sides, but the cop/gang/drug stuff is far more compelling that the stupid newspaper stuff and mayor crap
I disagree. I don't think they went overboard at all with the newspaper, and I really like the "all angle" aspect that we got.
I get the point of showing all sides, but the cop/gang/drug stuff is far more compelling that the stupid newspaper stuff and mayor crap
To me, it was simply fantastic. I've been following the "epic downfall" of journalism (somewhat loosely, yes) over this time. It's a bit sad, frankly. If anything, I agree that season 5 was compromised in length and content.
I hope many of the foundations can remain, but the overwhelming popularity of blogger-driven news is frankly, quite terrifying. without their sources (journalists), they are nothing. Few internet news and blogger junkies seem to realize this fact.