Comments on: Who Died and Made Me Storyteller? http://blogometer.com/post/who-died-and-made-me-storyteller/ Alan Gutierrez blogs on software, social networks, and himself. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:31:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dr. Ray http://blogometer.com/post/who-died-and-made-me-storyteller/#comment-22322 Dr. Ray Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:41:59 +0000 http://blogometer.com/post/who-died-and-made-me-storyteller/#comment-22322 "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. “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.

]]> By: Jenny J http://blogometer.com/post/who-died-and-made-me-storyteller/#comment-21242 Jenny J Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:51:32 +0000 http://blogometer.com/post/who-died-and-made-me-storyteller/#comment-21242 "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 “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

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