Comments on: Inner city pressure – Race and representation in The Wire http://anarchia.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/inner-city-pressure-%e2%80%93-race-and-representation-in-the-wire/ An excess of the passion for liberty Fri, 24 May 2013 21:21:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Luckbox http://anarchia.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/inner-city-pressure-%e2%80%93-race-and-representation-in-the-wire/#comment-18290 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:29:46 +0000 http://anarchia.wordpress.com/?p=509#comment-18290 You arrogance offends me.

]]> By: Asher http://anarchia.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/inner-city-pressure-%e2%80%93-race-and-representation-in-the-wire/#comment-15661 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:21:36 +0000 http://anarchia.wordpress.com/?p=509#comment-15661 edit – edit – edit – edit – Asher removing stuff – edit – edit – edit – edit

FWIW, The Wire is one of my favourite shows of all time.

]]> By: not really http://anarchia.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/inner-city-pressure-%e2%80%93-race-and-representation-in-the-wire/#comment-15659 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:20:32 +0000 http://anarchia.wordpress.com/?p=509#comment-15659 Did The Wire ever claim to be an account of African-American life, or even urban African-American life? The writers acknowledge that it isn’t even representative of Baltimore as a whole. I thought its intent was, in the words of David Simon, a depiction of the post-industrial America that “was left behind.”

You have set up a straw man. Now you are in battle against same.

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