#2: The Wire (2002) - COMPLETE!

Not only #2, but I also want to celebrate my 50th blog entry today (of this blog, semi-recently I wrote on http://konrad-recovery.blogspot.com)!

I'm pretty pleased that my writing seems to be coming along. At the very least, I FEEL that I'm absorbing a MAGNITUDE of knowledge in socialising with people and talking to them.

Recently I met the Erban Cheff. It's pronounced like a real Jamaican "er'bin", but is obviously a double meaning for "urban." Lemme just say, this guy is fuckin' cool and raps like a BAWSS!!! His freestylin' in my study was like Biggie coming to my house for a private show. It was INSANE! He also shares my attitude about AFRICA, and chills/jams/parties with just about anyone.

I experiment A LOT. Holding that in mind, I wanna try write a little bit more, maybe throughout the day. Hey, I write whenever I feel the need to shed the stuff on my mind. Fortunately, thoughts are really flowing at the current time. I think positivity very directly leads to creativity and logical analysis. 

I have a *sufficient* amount of ideas filling my skull. Just kidding, you can never know enough. :-)

So, I'm sure you're aware, but let's summarize:
#2. The Wire (2002)
#3. Firefly (2002)
#4. Black Books (2000)
#5. Arrested Development (2003)

#2. The Wire (2002)

The reason why this was incredible is three-fold, most significantly.

1. It hit me hard at a time in my life where I was forming my identity RE: social issues.
2. It contained MONUMENTAL acting performances by pretty-much ALL involved. This made it feel REAL.
3. It captures the divide between people better than perhaps any series could.

If you haven't watched the show yet, well why not??

I'll just list some of the CRAZY COOL CHARACTERS:

Jimmy McNulty 

D'Angelo Barksdale 

Cedric Daniels 

Stringer Bell 

Avon Barksdale 

Kima Greggs

Bunk Moreland 

Bubbles 
"Proposition" Joe

Lester Freamon 

Frank Sobotka

Spiros

Omar Little 

Tommy Carcetti 

Marlo Stanfield

Clay Davis
Jay Landsman 
THE GREEK 

That's but a tiny sampling of them. That's not even including any gun-toting kids! You should realize by now that I adore gun-toting kids in visual entertainment. Remember Lil' Dice? http://mymindthehauntedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/11/lil-dice-roll-em-or-not.html

:-D

I've decided to do something a bit different for this entry. The reason for doing so involves my near complete inability to communicate to another human exactly how cool the series was. In short, I'm throwing my hands in the air here.

I'm deferring to you.

Please share your fondest The Wire memory/character with me?

Tell me who YOUR richest and most beloved character is. Can you?? Try. Here, knock yourselves out:

Omar gets the award for standing out in the whole world of fictional bad-asses as one of the single coolest characters. Everyone I've spoken to about this, loves Omar. He's not my personal favourite tho, that goes to a person I can relate to a little more.

So.

1. Jimmy McNulty
2. Bunk Moreland
3. Lester Freamon
4. Stringer Bell
5. Avon Barksdale
6. D'Angelo Barksdale
7. Tommy Carcetti
8.  
9. THE GREEK.

If I had to choose one (tough as nails): 2. Bunk Moreland, the detective who's Jimmy McNulty's long-time partner. 'Not in THAT way! He's not gay...' :-) /Ricky Gervais reference/

He simply made me laugh more than any other character. His jovial attitude was a helluva thing.
I never felt that he needed to be recognized as a good, plain-decent guy.

I imagine an American newscaster blaring on the radio...
/~* 
Newscaster: 

"...Today, Detective William 'The Bunk' Moreland was cast in the limelight during the rescue of 5 hostages, when he..."

---> BUNK (HIMSELF!) BURSTS into the local Grafters'-style bar ---

"LIMELIGHT, huh? I don't need no steenkin' limelight, yo!", Bunk delivers in his bass-y "gooood shit"-voice.

"Now let's get down to bizness," he utters, placing his cap and keys on the bar counter as he does so.

What can I say?! The niggah's all business!
:-D
~*/

The so-called War On Drugs was captivating. I think the scene (pictured on my blog) where McNulty and Kima, in their beat-up police-best jalopy, are driving past Stringer and his crew in their BITCH-ASS pimpin' GM 4x4, is utterly poignant. 

The manner in which Stringer Bell handles da "paper", wow. Bunk ain't as business as him. He's nearly inspirational. Here's a quick little image I made just 'cause he's a cold, calculating and cool niggah. This is from when he's driving the boss, Avon, around and sees "die pote".

It captures the divide between people better than perhaps any series could.

:-)