Be critical or be corrupted

Re:Be critical or be corrupted by jeffbee on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:27PM (#32954026)

I don’t see how anyone could watch the opening scene of The Wire and not be compelled to watch the rest of it.

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by lupire on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:37PM (#32954142)

The show is extremely dangerous to mental health, if you care about living in a good world and can't handle the impossibility of it.

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by jeffbee on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:31PM (#32954785)

Simon's previous TV show, and his book, revolved around the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. I feel like that was already enough to squash hopes of living in a good world.

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by lostlogin on Friday September 23, 2022 @04:45PM (#32956846)

There is some excellent comedy in it too though. Dark for sure, but very funny.

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by jamiek88 on Friday September 23, 2022 @05:36PM (#32957404)

Nigga, is you taking notes on a motherfucking criminal conspiracy?

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by Godel_unicode on Friday September 23, 2022 @06:13PM (#32957729)

I love that scene, it’s such a great example of cargo-culting.

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by UncleMeat on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:28PM (#32954749)

It really is a stunning scene. As a big fan, I do wish they cut out a little of McNulty's repetition to the audience so they understand the slang but the final button on the scene is just so good it is impossible to really complain.

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