Re:Be critical or be corrupted
by jonnybgood on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:52PM
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I think the exception is Omar. I don’t see Omar as corrupt. I think many people see him as one of the “good” ones, relatively speaking. He didn’t move around what he was and what he was about. He stayed completely true to it. He didn’t have a larger institution as you say. He was his own institution.
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Omar doesn't fit as easily into the mold, but you can see ways in which his amoral characterization establish his roles in the criminal and LEO institutions: he's an opportunist, stealing from those who can't go to the police to report crime.
He's his own institution, but he isn't above his own drives for vengeance and thrill: later seasons characterize him as depressed by his own infamy, driving him to seek out new criminal targets to keep the heat up.
Omar would also realistically fizzle out. He would either get killed or end up killing innocents by accident. There's only so many times intimidation works without serious incidents.
And yet, after his death he is replaced.
Re:Be critical or be corrupted
by Floegipoky on Friday September 23, 2022 @04:01PM
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And his killer is a young child, a replacement for the previously exploited child-murderer (who was killed by Michael).
Who replaces Omar?
Michael. He is robbing dealers in the last episode.
Re:Be critical or be corrupted
by MonkeyMalarky on Friday September 23, 2022 @02:23PM
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In the last episode, doesn't Bubbles see a couple of the kids from the highschool going to buy drugs and recognizes a younger version of himself and his friend from the 1st season? That whole episode was about the cycle of drugs, violence and poverty repeating itself.
Omar comin.
And I saw that phrase on a poster in a Baltimore takeout joint just the other day. It resonates powerfully still.
Re:Be critical or be corrupted
by dredmorbius on Friday September 23, 2022 @04:35PM
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The Cheese stands alone.