The Wire 2x09 Reaction
Added 2023-07-14 01:00:43 +0000 UTC
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@Lil Don075 Would love to hear what you like about The Wire and why you’re paying to watch it alongside Lm
space1999
2023-07-15 22:02:09 +0000 UTCOkay am glad to hear! Appreciate you!
space1999
2023-07-15 22:00:30 +0000 UTCBro. 😂🤣. Poor Lola
PamRenea
2023-07-15 13:37:59 +0000 UTC1. Lola announcing she never want to see kids in this show again......😐 2. BUNNY COLVIN!!!!! 3. McNulty is a whole. 😂🤣
PamRenea
2023-07-15 13:33:54 +0000 UTCApparently David Simon wrote the foreword to his book, so no bad blood there.
BBF
2023-07-15 11:08:20 +0000 UTCCool, I've added you back. I'm dalecooper9919
TeaDrinker3000
2023-07-15 08:13:56 +0000 UTCCapitalism being Zeus is so poignant. I love that
Karabo
2023-07-15 04:36:33 +0000 UTCGlad you shared this! I only read about Ed Norris and his crazy ass this past year! There are two plot lines coming up later that fans believe were written as a response to his behavior. It honestly frustrates me he published that book and made more money off of The Wire I’ve honestly had trouble picturing Jay Landsman behaving like goofy/slob tv show Jay but I can totally see why someone like that would be friendship material for David Simon and Ed Burns
space1999
2023-07-15 01:34:55 +0000 UTCGrn qevaxre Url! Tynq lbhe zbz vf rawbl vg fb zhpu naq lbh thlf pna funer guvf gbtrgure! V erzrzore orvat pbashfrq nobhg guvf gbb! Gur zheqre pnfr Xvzn’f nffvtarq gb vf gur zheqre bs n fgngr’f jvgarff bss fperra gung’f zragvbarq va rcvfbqr 2 bs gung frnfba. Pneprggv urneq nobhg vg sebz Inypurx naq oebhtug vg hc va n znlbeny qrongr nf n jnl gb nggnpx Eblpr’f pbzcrgrapl. Jung Xvzn qvfpbiref vf gung gur jvgarff npghnyyl qvrq orpnhfr bs na nppvqragny fubbgvat jura uvf pbhfva jnf nggrzcgvat gnetrg cenpgvpr, uvf qrngu unq abguvat gb qb jvgu uvz orvat n jvgarff Ohg ertneqyrff bs guvf Xvzn xabjf gung gur gehgu jba’g pbzr bhg orpnhfr gur cbyvpr snibe Pneprggv Tynq lbh sryg pbzsbegnoyr ernpuvat bhg! Vs lbh’q yvxr gb uvg zr hc ba qvfpbeq srry serr, nz Fcnpr-Pbyba997 be fcnprpbyba97, bar bs gubfr
space1999
2023-07-15 01:28:45 +0000 UTCThe Deacon's backstory in particular is pretty wild
Jay Craig
2023-07-15 00:30:16 +0000 UTCThe class divide truly is the biggest and most important divide. All the other ones are probably aggravated specifically to distract from the class divide.
Shivering King Banana
2023-07-15 00:19:43 +0000 UTCI'm quite surprised no one has told the girls the Jay Landsman trivia yet. Guess I'll be the one to do it 💁♀️ At 24:35, the character standing next to Bunny Colvin is Lt. Dennis Mello, played by Jay Landsman. You might recognise that this is the same name as the character Jay Landsman in the show (the overweight fellow from homicide who we've been with since episode 1). That's because the character of Jay Landsman is directly based on the real life Jay Landsman who held the exact position as a sergeant of homicide for years in Baltimore. He was featured in David Simon's 1991 book about the Baltimore homicide unit 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets', and was the inspiration for the fictional character John Munch on that show based on the same book. When The Wire was being developed, the real Landsman auditioned for the part of himself, but lost out to the actor we know and love Delaney Williams. Clearly the showrunners had a far more fictionalised iteration of Jay Landsman in mind for the show, but nonetheless, the next time you feel sour after not getting a job interview, just remember that Jay Landsman was *literally* the man for the job and still lost out. An ex-cop who does end up playing themselves however is Ed Norris, seen wearing the hi-vis at 7:59. We've been seeing him since the beginning here and there, his first appearance was in season 1 episode 6, the episode where Brandon's body is discovered in the pit. Norris, 20-year veteran of the New York Police Department, served as Police Commissioner for Baltimore from 2000 to late 2002 and Superintendent of the Maryland State Police in 2003. In 2003 he was convicted of a felony and spent six months in federal prison, following illegal personal expenditures of over $20,000 from the Baltimore Police Department's supplemental account in order to pay for expensive gifts, personal expenses, and extramarital affairs with at least six women. He's been a popular Baltimore radio host ever since, and in 2017 he published the book 'Way Down In The Hole', which I intend to read. Norris and Landsman aren't the only two real-life characters to appear in the show, so when others show themselves I'll let y'all know.
TeaDrinker3000
2023-07-14 22:34:40 +0000 UTCFantastic catch. I've seen the episode twice and didn't catch that.
TeaDrinker3000
2023-07-14 22:02:13 +0000 UTCHey Space, if you're still peeping these comment I got a question for you. I'll put it in rot 13 to avoid spoilers. V'z va gur zvqqyr bs jngpuvat frnfba sbhe jvgu zl zbz, fur ybirf vg nf zhpu nf frnfba gjb. Jr obgu svavfurq jngpuvat rcvfbqr frira, naq jr'er cerggl pbashfrq nobhg fbzrguvat. Jung'f gur zheqre pnfr gung xvzn vf gelvat gb fbyir? Va gur rcvfbqr, jr frr yril ubbxvat hc n xvq gb n yvr qrgrpgbe znpuvar, naq xvzn orvat gbyq gung gurl pna "fprj gur erfhygf naljnl gurl jnag". Qb lbh erzrzore juvpu pnfr guvf vf, naq ubj vg'f yvaxrq gb pneprggv (xvzn'f bnegare zragvbaf vg'f yvaxrq gb pneprggv fbzrubj)? Ng svefg V gubhtug vg jnf yvaxrq gb gur xvyyvat bzne jnf oynzrq sbe, ohg abj obgu bs hf ner gbgnyyl pbashfrq. Vs lbh pbhyq rkcynva guvf V'q or tengrshy, gunaxf!
TeaDrinker3000
2023-07-14 21:57:06 +0000 UTCClowns.
Lil Don075
2023-07-14 20:15:51 +0000 UTCSo true! Class war disguising itself as a culture war! David Simon described The Wire as his attempt to display a modern Greek tragedy, characters fighting their fate while the Gods are really the ones in control, constantly making victims of the humans. He says he swapped the Gods out for systemic issues with Capitalism being the equivalent of Zeus
space1999
2023-07-14 16:14:17 +0000 UTCI love the fact that Lola keeps coming back to the systemic racism point. Some people don't like it but it is true . You guys might have a 99.9% white population but like season 2 proves, after systematic racism, you have classism. I can bet you anything, the poor people in Serbia get prosecuted way more than the upper class, even for crimes that these groups do in similar proportions. Like Milena said, The Wire is basically a documentary. That's why it is so timeless
Karabo
2023-07-14 15:20:03 +0000 UTCOh boy , lol
Karabo
2023-07-14 15:09:13 +0000 UTCOh the girls are already liking Bunny Colvin? Season 3 will be fun
Karabo
2023-07-14 15:06:30 +0000 UTC@18:08 "did he have hands? Did he have a face? Then it wasn't us" hahahaha, my favorite Sergei moment
Karabo
2023-07-14 15:05:49 +0000 UTCHahahaha That Brother Mouzone Gus Fring comparison is apt. Brother is a problem. I love Prop Joe's "More bodies on him that a Chinese cemetery" metaphor
Karabo
2023-07-14 15:05:26 +0000 UTCYou were wondering why the Greek gave FBI agent Koutriss such a big drug bust as a quid pro quo for him letting them know about the police - Earlier in the episode the Greeks discuss the unreliability and cheating of their Colombian business partners. The Greek tipped off koutris to give him a big bust and take out the columbians operation. I believe the Greeks had another supplier lined up.
David
2023-07-14 08:25:51 +0000 UTCI agree with your comments about racial inequity and profiling by police in general, but I’m not sure how you relate that to the specific example in this show of police arresting the black gang members after the shooting. The police were told by the community members that it was a turf fight by rival gangs. It’s a black neighbourhood and the gangs in that neighbourhood are all black. So the police just rounded up known gang members from that neighbourhood.
David
2023-07-14 04:43:27 +0000 UTCYou sure? Don seems to reply to most my comments… I think we’re buds 🤔
space1999
2023-07-14 03:48:50 +0000 UTCI think Lil Don might be trolling ;)
PIG
2023-07-14 03:33:57 +0000 UTC@Lil Don075 If you’re referring to me I’m actually not abusing any illicit drugs atm, but I appreciate you having my back as always 🫂 have actually worked multiple contract jobs as a peer to peer support specialist (got certification from NAMI NC) working with people struggling with mental illness and previous drug abuse If you’re referring to countries that struggle with systemic racism having problems with crack cocaine I’m sure there is validity to that, especially among the wealthy elite and politicians influencing things (you ever see Succession? It’s a real hoot!)
space1999
2023-07-14 03:16:53 +0000 UTCPut the crack down
Lil Don075
2023-07-14 03:08:31 +0000 UTCNgl, when she said I laughed really hard.
Jack SV
2023-07-14 02:55:06 +0000 UTClmao
M Salam
2023-07-14 02:41:48 +0000 UTC🥲🥲
space1999
2023-07-14 02:19:25 +0000 UTCwas gonna say the same damn thing lmao
lolenseu
2023-07-14 02:18:42 +0000 UTChttps://i.imgur.com/ViCGdq6.gif
HenryM
2023-07-14 02:10:24 +0000 UTC"I hate seeing kids in this show. I don't want to see kids ever again." Oh boy. :D
Zeiss
2023-07-14 01:53:29 +0000 UTCMilena's Sergei laugh at 56:50 💀 Appreciate LM acknowledging that this violence is also the norm for Bodie and all these other teenagers, that they have also ducked and hid when shots have been fired near them and are desensitized and feel justified. It's refreshing to see first time viewers acknowledge these things while also soaking up plot lines with side characters like Joe and emotional storylines like Ziggy's. Showing people the show is sometimes a struggle I think as they've touched on the biggest differences between other countries that struggle with severe systemic racism (yeah every country does but some like France and South Korea for sure comes to mind) and the US are the superfluous amount of guns with laws protecting gun owners, as well as the prison industrial complex. I don't know much about the racial wealth disparity in other countries but I do know that the pushback for slavery/war/genocide reparations is almost universal Curious if anyone has any thoughts about other major ways in which the US differs from other countries in it's race related struggles or has knowledge of other countries that have systemic racial issues unique to them
space1999
2023-07-14 01:50:59 +0000 UTC
