From David Simon’s letter to the people of New Orleans:
Pablo Picasso famously said that art is the lie that shows us the truth….
By referencing what is real, or historical, a fictional narrative can speak in a powerful, full-throated way to the problems and issues of our time. And a wholly imagined tale, […]
I’m a huge The Wire fan, in fact my first post to this blog — which remains one of the most popular — is a breakdown the pilot of the The Wire. I think Simon is one of the masters working in the TV industry now and I particularly admire his work because he bends […]
Treme, from David Simon creator of The Wire, is premiering on HBO on April 11th. I can’t wait. I went over to the HBO Canada web site to watch some video but was totally disappointed by the piddly offerings which weren’t even embeddable (#fail, #fail, #fail).
At HBO US the offerings are better… and embeddable — […]
The Wire’s over and Treme hasn’t started yet. But you can get a fix of David Simon by listening to a podcast or three.
WFIU’s Culture show has a recent podcast interview with David Simon, entitled from Baltimore to the Big Easy. You can download it free directly from the WFIU site or by searching iTunes […]
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The New Yorker has a terrific article written by Margaret Talbot about The Wire which comes back for its fifth season in January. Here are a couple of excerpts:
“The Wire” débuted in June, 2002, looking more or less like a cop show. But the differences were important. It spent as much time with […]
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Story by: David Simon & Ed BurnsTeleplay by: David Simon
The first shot is a thin blood trail on pavement.
Detective Jimmy McNulty and an informant discuss the victim’s name: Snot Boogie. The scene seems to be mostly about McNulty’s bemused attitude toward the job. There is no outrage or excitement around the fact that […]
