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scorpion
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Wed Feb-25-09 01:34 PM
7. "*DING*"
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Bringin Up Old Shit, pt 532: Why didnt The Wire find an audience?
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it requires patience and attention to detail to enjoy.
now or never
Feb 25th 2009
1
Slow, depressing, not episodic at all
SoulHonky
Feb 25th 2009
2
^^^Underrated reply
Marauder21
Feb 25th 2009
48
Nailed it...
simpsycho
Feb 28th 2009
63
no popular actors is a reason
Deebot
Feb 25th 2009
3
Better yet, lack of a main character
chap19150
Feb 25th 2009
22
Stuff like this is more along my lines of thinking
buckshot defunct
Feb 25th 2009
36
There are tons of successful ensemble shows
bignick
Feb 25th 2009
42
Who did The Sopranos have? X-Files? CSI? Entourage?
zuma1986
Feb 26th 2009
51
RE: Who did The Sopranos have? X-Files? CSI? Entourage?
disco dj
Feb 28th 2009
62
I guess I have some problems
janey
Feb 25th 2009
4
this is part of my theory
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
5
okay but a lot of stuff has a rabid core audience
janey
Feb 25th 2009
8
Those are all network shows that rely on ratings
ZooTown74
Feb 25th 2009
11
RE: okay but a lot of stuff has a rabid core audience
Brother_Afron
Feb 25th 2009
13
race had to play a part
MadDagoNH
Feb 25th 2009
6
So you knew the answer to the question when you posed it.
ZooTown74
Feb 25th 2009
9
I said I had a THEORY.....which I would share later...
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
10
I just made a statement, that's all.
ZooTown74
Feb 25th 2009
12
*extends hand*
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
16
Right on
ZooTown74
Feb 25th 2009
17
Yr right
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
18
UNDERRATED AND UNDERSTATED REPLY OF THE YEAR!
Basaglia
Feb 25th 2009
38
yeah because black people aren't money makers.
al_sharp
Feb 25th 2009
47
so the exceptions disqualify the rule?
will_5198
Feb 26th 2009
52
take another glance my friend
mashpg89
Feb 25th 2009
45
Too realistically hood and working class. Too Baltimore
mrhood75
Feb 25th 2009
14
yeah, the pretty factor wasn't huge on that show
MadDagoNH
Feb 25th 2009
15
the Sopranos wasnt a "sexy" cast, either...
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
19
yeah, that chick's titties were right. i need to look her up
THEdirtyone
Feb 26th 2009
54
this is depressing
k_orr
Feb 25th 2009
20
you can say the exact same things about The Sopranos
chap19150
Feb 25th 2009
21
The difference...
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
23
I disagree
ZooTown74
Feb 25th 2009
25
i'd say that the sopranos was still fairly escapist, in a different way
now or never
Feb 25th 2009
28
*DING*
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
29
Cosign
Futakuchi-onna
Feb 25th 2009
30
Absolutely. But I still don't think it's a soap opera
ZooTown74
Feb 25th 2009
31
i never said it was a soap opera
now or never
Feb 25th 2009
32
it was too real.
SoWhat
Feb 25th 2009
24
It's also a very angry show.
ZooTown74
Feb 25th 2009
26
I am going to go out on a limb
Futakuchi-onna
Feb 25th 2009
27
I think The Wire taps into a similar infatuation though
buckshot defunct
Feb 25th 2009
33
it wasn't simple voyeurism though. That might've been the problem.
disco dj
Feb 25th 2009
35
Cosign.
ZooTown74
Feb 25th 2009
37
RE: Cosign.
Brother_Afron
Feb 26th 2009
53
most of you guys already touched on it...
disco dj
Feb 25th 2009
34
^^^summarized my long ass post in 4 sentences^^^
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
40
aight, the reasons....
scorpion
Feb 25th 2009
39
trust me son. you're JUST Getting started...
disco dj
Feb 25th 2009
43
I think some of you are reading to deeply
BigWorm
Feb 25th 2009
41
good point.
disco dj
Feb 25th 2009
44
Yeah, but....
bignick
Feb 25th 2009
46
Ya'll are looking too deep into it.
Madvillain 626
Feb 25th 2009
49
yep, that's part of it.
will_5198
Feb 26th 2009
50
I heard that Deadwood and Rome did better #'s
k_orr
Feb 26th 2009
55
"Rome" was awesome though.
disco dj
Feb 28th 2009
60
Her acting was godawful throughout
Big Chief Rumbletummy
Feb 26th 2009
56
"Kima, when did you realize you wanted to be a cop?"
Mynoriti
Feb 26th 2009
57
"...and he threw down the bracelets..." <-----TERRIBLE
disco dj
Feb 28th 2009
59
LOL i forgot about that part of it
Mynoriti
Feb 28th 2009
64
Just newly getting into The Wire and I totally thought
lightworks
May 31st 2020
65
Jemele Hill and Van Lathan have a podcast on The Wire
Cocobrotha2
Jun 10th 2020
66
Did an OKP score the music for this ep?
cal.25
Jun 11th 2020
68
her speech patterns bothered me the most....
scorpion
Feb 28th 2009
58
it did find an audience during seasons 4 and 5
dba_BAD
Feb 28th 2009
61
The Wire and Sopranos are great shows that would not at all work today.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Jun 11th 2020
67
i dunno man. when the Sopranos came out there were NO shows like it
Mynoriti
Jun 12th 2020
69
It didn't find an audience? People literally come to Baltimore from
Castro
Jun 16th 2020
70
you realize this post is 11 years old? A LOT has changed
CherNic
Jun 16th 2020
71
I have lived in Baltimore the entire time it was filmed
Castro
Jun 17th 2020
74
This looks comical when these white drug shows win everything
Beamer6178
Jun 16th 2020
72
Netflix has made things very different
Rjcc
Jun 17th 2020
73
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