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"Bringin Up Old Shit, pt 532: Why didnt The Wire find an audience?"


  

          

I'm sure that this has been discussed ad infinitum round these parts...

but I'd like to hear what other Wire fans think....

mind you Im smack dab in the middle of S4, so no spoilers if you can....

I'll share if you share(though some might not like what i got to say....

side note: Am I the only who thinks that Sonja Sohn's acting got better as the show progressed?...cuz I thought her acting in S1 was godawful...


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

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