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Who Died and Made Me Storyteller?
August 13th, 2007“I also realized—and this was more important to me—that I would consider the book or film a failure if people in these worlds took in my story and felt that I did not get their existence, that I had not captured their world in any way that they would respect.” from an Inteview with David Simon the creator, writer and produce of HBO’s The Wire.
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“In a lot of ways, New Orleans is Baltimore but it can carry a tune.”
From:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11788752/interview_talking_with_the_creator_of_the_wire
“The Wire” is such a great show, but it’s challenging in a way that network shows never have been. I think “Hill Street Blues,” a network show, helped pave the way for it, as did “Homicide: Life on the Street,” another crime show set in Baltimore. But “Homicide” never clicked with enough viewers to last, and “The Wire” is probably too much for them to handle. I’d like to think the cream rises, all that, and sometimes critical acclaim can carry more stimulating books and films to a mass audience. “The Sopranos” was challenging too, and its success may have changed what’s doable for television everywhere. But I’m not really sure.