Joy, I liked the show, and I can recommend watching it. Just not my
greatest show ever. And as mentioned, probably wouldn't crack my top
30, maybe not even my top 40. But I have to confess, I am a TV
watcher. Hopelessly addicted.
--Dave
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Joy Matkowski" <jmatkowski1@...>
wrote:
>
> But, Dave, that's real life! Look at Abu Ghraib, where those at the
top of
> the torture foodchain go scot-free and a few privates get notoriety
and jail
> time. And that's just one example of the many.
> I'm not a TV or movie watcher, but you make The Wire sound so
hardboiled
> and true to life---not just another cop show---that I'll try to
watch it if
> I can get it cheap enough.
>
> Joy (Is "scot-free" OK, Al?)
>
> PS: Merry Christmas, everyone!
>
> davezeltserman wrote:
> > I liked The Wire--it had a nice stylized feel to it, but a bit
> > heavy-handed for my taste. Basically each season repeating the first
> > season--the never ending cycle of the streets, the guilty always
> > getting away while the middlemen (or boys) pay the price.
>
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