Tonight, catch the premier of HBO’s The Wire. ThePeabody Award-winning drama series is currently in its fourth season and continues to challenge viewers with a “cop show” that’s radically different from anything viewers have seen before.
“Season four of ‘The Wire’ centers on the lives of four young boys as they traverse adolescence in the drug-saturated streets of West Baltimore. The new episodes of the series examine their world through the theme of education, asking viewers to consider the world that awaits these boys, and to consider further the American commitment to equal opportunity.”
Executive producer and creator David Simon shared the following, “The American obsession with police procedural and crime drama usually only allows for villains - in large part, black and brown - who exist as foils, to be pursued and destroyed by cop heroes … We’re addressing ourselves to where the ‘villains’ actually come from, and whether we have any right to regard them as somehow less human than the rest of us.”
Tune in tonight, and be sure to let us know your thoughts on the opening episode!
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