{"id":771,"date":"2008-04-07T15:13:40","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T15:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2008-04-07T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T15:13:40","slug":"the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"The Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a white person, of course I like The Wire<\/a>, the Baltimore-set depiction of a city struggling against the drug trade and its own systemic inertia.
\nThe show’s title is a reference to the phone taps that the police unit use to crack cases. It’s also, more importantly, a reference to the ethos of the show. The Wire is itself a wiretap, letting us listen in to the conversations that happen behind closed doors, so we can see for ourselves how the business of managing power creates our society.
\nAlso it’s compulsive, thrilling, and often hilarious. Add it to your Netflix queue or whatever.
\n(Props to my brother for steering me to the Wire. Thanks Nature.)
\n(Please no spoilers in the comments.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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