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From the Washington Examiner:
Attorney General Eric Holder has something to say to the creators of HBO's Baltimore crime drama 'The Wire': Bring it back.
Holder gushed about the show, which went off the air after its fifth season in 2008, as he spoke alongside several of the show's cast members Tuesday at the Justice Department. "Having looked at those clips again, I'm reminded how great that series was," he said.
"I want to speak directly to Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon, do another season of 'The Wire.' ... I want another season, or a movie," he implored, hoping his instructions would make their way back to creators Ed Burns and David Simon. "I have a lot of power," he chuckled.
Holder and other government officials are touting the show because of how accurately it depicts the plight of kids who are exposed to the use, manufacture or trafficking of drugs in their homes. Last year, DOJ established an intra-agency task force to help these children, who often become victims of violence.
National Drug Control Policy czar Gil Kerlikowske (after asking the actors to sign his boxed sets of the series, naturally) explained that episodes of the show are used to educate people, including lawmakers, on these sensitive issues.
Read more at the Washington Examiner.
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By: PR on 6/06/2011 6:16PM
I loved the "Wire" when it on HBO. I hope someone would bring it back. It is too bad it can't come back on a non cable station. It needs to be on a non cable station so it can be viewed like "Law and Order" (which I also enjoy, especially Special Victims and the new season with Terrance Howard
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By: Deb on 6/02/2011 1:50PM
Well Mr. Holder then have them film in YOUR hood because I agree with then Mayor now Gov O'Malley that show made Bodymore a natl joke. Oh and when the so called Wire actress just got caught in a drug raid we became a natl joke again. What did 16yr old Phylicia Barnes' mother say when her NC honor roll student daughter was found floating in a MD river after visiting her drug using flop house living half sister in Murdermore "I'll NEVER step foot in that city again!" RIP Angel I hope your mother got my donation for funeral and reward! The Wire would have definitely exploited her death for a great storyline!!!
So maybe at your expensive tailored suit dinners you think The Wire is great TV but to those of us who live in B more..I'll take reruns of The Cosby Show or A Different World anyday. These kids need to see they can be well educated Drs and lawyers (not rappers and entertainers and sports stars)........ as a matter of fact I'm down the street from The Obamas in The Black House so let me go cleanse from even thinking about The d@ Wire!!!!
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By: PR on 5/31/2012 6:50PM
I loved the "Wire" when it was on HBO. I hope someone would bring it back.
It is too bad it can't come back on a non cable station. It needs to
be on a non cable station so it can be viewed like "Law and Order"
(which I also enjoy), especially The Special Victims Series and the new season
with Terrance Howard.
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By: weekendbraider on 6/02/2011 1:56PM
I want the show to come back too!! That was my favorite show, I can't really get in their spinoff of Treme, but I looooved the wire.
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By: Deb on 6/02/2011 2:10PM
Thats fine bring it back BUT to another city...sadly when people go to NYC L&O hasn't made it a natl crime joke. All B more makes the national news for is crime (with a former corrupt Mayor), drugs and dumb children!!!! I can't tell you how many people in other cities have said The Wire degrades B more.
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By: TK on 6/02/2011 3:27PM
I know some very intelligent kids from the Baltimore School for the Arts (Jada is an alum)who were told they spoke too well for The Wire in an audition. Needed them to be more hood rat (with a criminal record) I guess like Wire actress who was caught up in drug raid.....but this is what black media promotes?????
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By: DJ on 6/04/2011 11:42AM
This is what the series called for;the WIRE was not the Cosby Show and unfortunately the characters called for a different kind of actor. Fortunately, there are more venues for these young folks today than previously. They even have the opportunity to create their own opportunities, given new media/technologies. I understand that many of the show's cast members stayed behind to do Uplift work in the community where the series was filmed. I am sorry for the damage that the WIRE did to Bmore. I can tell from the responses here and from talking to friends, that the series had an overall negative impact upon the city, particularly the youth, who took on the behaviors of some of the series most flawed characters, as well as gave the city a black eye. For those of us who live elsewhere the Wire (in addition to being well written, produced and performed) provided an eye-opener which exposed the educational, governmental, social and criminal justice systems in this country and their role in undermining inner-city communities and children. For some, it created a greater consciousness to take to battle with them as they work against and within these systems to make things better. The best to you. Peace.
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By: Dj on 6/04/2011 11:47AM
P.S. This show was not created, nor is it presented or controlled by Black media. Peace.
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By: mjenk10733 on 6/02/2011 3:45PM
That show "The Wire" is the best police show ever.
I also think "Chicago Code" could also be furthur developed. I am 65 years old and I have seen them all from Naked city, Hill street Blues etc. It may seem to some people from Baltimore that they were targeted, but; every one of the Police series happened in a different city. I think that the audience knows that there are problems in most large cities so no one is being targeted.
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By: smh on 6/02/2011 5:27PM
The show was great and it shoud be revived. It was raw and real. I understand why the Wire is used to educate children about the dangers of drugs.
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