David Simon's View

Note that David Simon himself shows up in yesterday's thread about The Wire to disagree with me. It's an interesting discussion all around and I won't intervene further in it. But to answer Ogged's question here, I have no intention of leading an anti-Wire backlash -- assuming things don't go horribly awry in Season 5 it'll be the best television show anyone's ever made and its outlook, even if not one I totally agree with analytically, is integral to the drama.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/01/david-simons-view/47701/