The Wire

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It’s possible that we live in a golden age of TV, and people refer to The Wire as possibly the best show on TV ever.

I commented on watching them in my other blog: “I watched two episodes of The Wire, and they were enough. The grimness makes it seem too Johnny-One-Note. No humor, no eros. I can see that it doesn't talk down to its audience and it's taut. How does it differ from Richard Price's Clockers, a novel I love, so similar in content and approach? The talk in Clockers is a kind of poetry; the author loves the argot he has discovered and makes it sing. And the main character is amazingly lovable. How important it is to have a character to love.”

Admittedly, I only watched two episodes.  Someone I trust told me the praise was deserved, but that it takes more than two episodes to "get it."

Also, in looking for a representative image, I found this scene, which contains humor and allegorical depth that I didn't notice in the first two episodes: http://wordsonwhativeseen.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/what-does-the-success-of-the-wire-tell-us-about-british-tv-drama/