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“When It’s Not Your Turn”
The Quintessentially Victorian Vision of Ogden’s “The Wire”
[..] Who could forget “Bubbles”—the lovable drifter, Stringer Bell—the bourgeoisie merchant with pretentions to aristocracy, or Bodie—who, despite lack of education or Victorian “good breeding”, is seen reading and enjoying the likes of Jane Austen? Yet these portrayals of the “criminal element” always maintain a certain realism. We never descend into the divisions of “loveable rogues” and truly evil villains of which Dickens makes such effective use. Odgen’s Bodie, an adult who uses children to perpetrate criminal activity, is not a caricature of an ethnic minority in the mode of Dickens’ Fagin the Jew [..]
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Dailies #3
Pe partea buna…
– Barack;
– vine Bon Jovi sa concerteze aici;
– Eerie, Indiana a iesit in sfarsit pe dvd;
– festivalul Paley si toate noile informatii despre Pushing Daisies;
– au inceput, in sfarsit, The Return of Jezebel James si John Adams;
– sunt la mijlocul sezonului 5 din Frasier si inca e al naibii de distractiv;
– aseara au revenit Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, New Adventures of Old Christine si Two and a Half Men, si niciunul nu si-a pierdut funneh-ul;
– producatorii ER vor sa readuca pe Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene) intr-un episod in acest ultim sezon al seriei, cel mai probabil intr-un episod prezumtiv ‘pierdut’, de undeva de prin povestile sezonului 3, alaturi de Noah Wyle (John Carter). Asta inseamna ca pot sa visez si la intoarcerea lui Sherry Stringfield (Susan Lewis)?
Si pe de alta parte…
– Jay Leno inca nu e funneh;
– The Wire, dupa cinci sezoane geniale, a ajuns la sfarsit;
– mai avem doar un episod din Lost inainte de o pauza de o luna;
– NBC forteaza si Pushing Daisies sa aibe povesti mai ‘provocatoare’;
– am fost azi in vizita la universitate si n-am niciun curs interesant semestrul asta;
– (annoying bitch and lamest celebrity of the century) Britney Spears are un guest star in episodul de saptamana viitoare din HIMYM;
– viitorul tinerilor din Romania e remarcabil de trist avand in vedere ca Elena Basescu a fost aleasa ‘secretar general al organizaţiei de tineret al PD-L’;
– The Return of Jezebel James e un sitcom tare dezamagitor (chiar daca dialogul inca e grozav si castingul e fenomenal, povestea e fortata, Posey incearca prea tare sa canalizeze o Katharine Hepburn mai bitchy, iar laugh trackul ala imbecil ma scoate din sarite). Partea si mai proasta ca e Fox (distrugatorul suprem de seriale bune) deja isi bate joc de el si nu-i mai da nicio sansa – l-au pus vineri seara si-au taiat numarul de episoade de la 13 la 7. Dar vrem dialogurile lui Amy!!!11
Way down in the hole
But instead of the old gods, The Wire is a Greek tragedy in which the postmodern institutions are the Olympian forces. It’s the police department, or the drug economy, or the political structures, or the school administration, or the macroeconomic forces that are throwing the lightning bolts and hitting people in the ass for no decent reason. In much of television, and in a good deal of our stage drama, individuals are often portrayed as rising above institutions to achieve catharsis. In this drama, the institutions always prove larger, and those characters with hubris enough to challenge the postmodern construct of American empire are invariably mocked, marginalized, or crushed. Greek tragedy for the new millennium, so to speak. Because so much of television is about providing catharsis and redemption and the triumph of character, a drama in which postmodern institutions trump individuality and morality and justice seems different in some ways, I think.
– David Simon vorbind despre magnum opusul sau la un interviu cu Nick Hornby (autorul unor romane geniale din categoria comediilor cinice – High Fidelity, About A Boy, A Long Way Down). Restul interviului aici.
The Wire

The Wire e in momentul de fata cel mai bun serial de pe piata…desi nu pentru mult timp, astazi incepand ultimul si cel mai scurt sezon al seriei (lasand deoarte basme precum Lost si BSG in care scopul final al serialului este deslusirea unui mister fictiv). O adevarata capodopera, serialul e ca niciun altul in televiziune. E un serial despre Baltimore. Este un serial despre politisti, mafioti, politicieni si cetateni de rand. Este un serial cu nenumarate crime, scandaluri, tranzactii de droguri, arestari si intorsaturi de situatie. Nu se poate numi insa un serial politist, criminalistic sau care glorifica lumea interlopa. Nu urmeaza niciun sablon, spre deosebire de celelalalte seriale politiste – NYPD, CSI, Numbers, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, The Shield, Hill Street Blues (niciunul din care mai e prezent pe lista celor pe care le astept saptamanal) samd, dar nici nu prezinta o situatie favorabila mafiei precum Sopranos (la care nu am putut sa trec de sezonul 3). Nu are niciun episod asemanator cu cel precedent, iar tema anchetei se schimba in fiecare sezon.
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