Attorney General Eric Holder at a press conference the other day: "I want to speak directly to [Co-creator Ed] Burns and Mr. Simon: Do another season of The Wire,” said as the audience laughed and applauded.“That’s actually at a minimum. … If you don’t do a season, do a movie. We’ve done HBO movies, this is a series that deserves a movie. I want another season or I want a movie. I have a lot of power Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon.”
David Simon's response: "The Attorney-General's kind remarks are noted and appreciated. I've spoken to Ed Burns and we are prepared to go to work on season six of The Wire if the Department of Justice is equally ready to reconsider and address its continuing prosecution of our misguided, destructive and dehumanising drug prohibition."
by Paul Sizer More takes on "The Wire" as a cartoon here
I don't watch much television, but here are several shows I've been watching that I've greatly enjoyed. What's most surprising is that almost all of them (even the ones on Fox) weren't canceled.
in Tom Lee Park in Memphis
These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place (like Tjentište, Kozara and Kadinjača), or where concentration camps stood (like Jasenovac and Niš).
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I asked John to send me a few digital pictures of Hoggle. After receiving the pictures, I knew I COULD reconstruct Hoggle, though not necessarily HOW it would be accomplished.
for those who don't know, maru is the best internet cat of all time.
The street children and rabble, so Dickensian in their miscellany, always announce his presence, and even as The Wire grows and expands, so does the legend of Little. The Wire is aware of the mythic quality of its character, and allows the rest of the cast to observe it, indirectly commenting on the literary traditions from which Omar Little sprang.
