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The Show / Latest Show (I think) Discussing Media & The Wire
« on: April 13, 2013, 11:29:02 AM »
Hello Liberty Lovers,
I am a newbie here, so please be nice, but I wanted to chime in on the discussion that I heard today regarding HBO's The Wire. A caller mentioned the episode in which the police legalize drug dealing in a certain abandoned area of the city. The caller seemed to think that it was a subtle liberty message, and I hope people see it that way, but I am not sure if they meant it to come off as such.
The officer who made the decision to do it, was motivated my crime statistics that he couldn't get under control. His idea was that if no arrests were made, then no crime stats would be recorded. He was motivated by his own performance, as he was under review from his commanding officer.
That aside -- the show is excellent, if you are a fan of well written and executed shows.
SPOILER ALERT
The best message that the show offers, shown throughout the show thematically, and really driven home during the last episode: is how pointless the war on drugs is.
The last episode is essentially a montage of all the new drug dealers, and cops, and how they continue their pointless dance of fighting each other.
As an amatuer writer myself, I do like that the cops are not depicted as people trying to help people (for the most part), and the drug dealers are not all mindless thugs. There is some moral gray. The cops are motivated, mostly, by how much work they have to do, how to get promotions, and how to keep their numbers good for their own performance reveiws. In that, it is realistic. There are no Captain Americas in the Wire.
Conversely, you get to learn about the people who grow up into the drug war, and exactly what their worlds look like, and what they beleive their own duties are, as street dealers, and how they are to survive on the streets.
It's worth a watch.
Thanks,
dlouismartin
I am a newbie here, so please be nice, but I wanted to chime in on the discussion that I heard today regarding HBO's The Wire. A caller mentioned the episode in which the police legalize drug dealing in a certain abandoned area of the city. The caller seemed to think that it was a subtle liberty message, and I hope people see it that way, but I am not sure if they meant it to come off as such.
The officer who made the decision to do it, was motivated my crime statistics that he couldn't get under control. His idea was that if no arrests were made, then no crime stats would be recorded. He was motivated by his own performance, as he was under review from his commanding officer.
That aside -- the show is excellent, if you are a fan of well written and executed shows.
SPOILER ALERT
The best message that the show offers, shown throughout the show thematically, and really driven home during the last episode: is how pointless the war on drugs is.
The last episode is essentially a montage of all the new drug dealers, and cops, and how they continue their pointless dance of fighting each other.
As an amatuer writer myself, I do like that the cops are not depicted as people trying to help people (for the most part), and the drug dealers are not all mindless thugs. There is some moral gray. The cops are motivated, mostly, by how much work they have to do, how to get promotions, and how to keep their numbers good for their own performance reveiws. In that, it is realistic. There are no Captain Americas in the Wire.
Conversely, you get to learn about the people who grow up into the drug war, and exactly what their worlds look like, and what they beleive their own duties are, as street dealers, and how they are to survive on the streets.
It's worth a watch.
Thanks,
dlouismartin
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