http://cultureby.com/2008/02/david-simon-mee.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cultureby.com/2008/02/david-simon-mee.html/comment-page-1#comment-2017 Tom Guarriello Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:35:05 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=330#comment-2017 I am still bummed about Omar. What was it that made this particular outlaw so appealing? His homosexuality, casting him as an outlaw's outlaw? His boldness, putting himself out there in broad daylight like a 21st century bizarro-world Gary Cooper? His loyalty, leading him to seek revenge for the gratuitous murder of his blind mentor? Whatever it was, this character was unique and his demise oddly saddening. Oh, and his street-poetry, Jesse James-style death kind of sealed the deal. I am still bummed about Omar. What was it that made this particular outlaw so appealing? His homosexuality, casting him as an outlaw’s outlaw? His boldness, putting himself out there in broad daylight like a 21st century bizarro-world Gary Cooper? His loyalty, leading him to seek revenge for the gratuitous murder of his blind mentor? Whatever it was, this character was unique and his demise oddly saddening. Oh, and his street-poetry, Jesse James-style death kind of sealed the deal.

]]> http://cultureby.com/2008/02/david-simon-mee.html/comment-page-1#comment-2016 Jason Mittell Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:55:11 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=330#comment-2016 Grant - we're thinking along similar lines around the show. I've written an essay (forthcoming in an anthology, in draft form on my blog at http://justtv.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/the-wire-and-the-serial-procedural-an-essay-in-progress/) that considers The Wire using the framework of videogames, especially SimCity. And next year, I'll be teaching a semester-long course called Urban America & Serial Television: Watching The Wire, in which we'll be using the show as a way to understand various aspects of contemporary America. Should be intense to watch the whole series in 3 months! Grant – we’re thinking along similar lines around the show. I’ve written an essay (forthcoming in an anthology, in draft form on my blog at http://justtv.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/the-wire-and-the-serial-procedural-an-essay-in-progress/) that considers The Wire using the framework of videogames, especially SimCity. And next year, I’ll be teaching a semester-long course called Urban America & Serial Television: Watching The Wire, in which we’ll be using the show as a way to understand various aspects of contemporary America. Should be intense to watch the whole series in 3 months!

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