"Thin line 'tween heaven and here"-- Bubbles
Do you like your art to resonate in the culture?Baltimore's police commissioner Frederick Bealefeld tore into the HBO series "The Wire" at a recent civic event in that city, calling it "a smear on the city that will take decades to overcome." The AV Club has the 2:44 YouTube clip here, which is a must-view not only for the man's comments in greater, Bizarro World-detail, but to hear the ridiculous, pained applause that follows in the auditorium. The AV Club adds a link to the written response from the show's creator, David Simon, and since yesterday, the comment thread at the site has become a tremendous repository for favorite "Wire" quotes.
My favorite quotes in descending order of brilliance, and entirely void of narrative context:
4. McNulty: "The fuck did I do?"
3. Burrell: "It's Baltimore, gentleman, the gods will not save you."
2. Lester: "There's an election? Who's running?"
1. Omar: "Money ain't got no owners... only spenders."
posted by CM @ 6:18 PM
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