Submitted by Bushgjl t3_10izah0 in television
bloodyturtle t1_j5hp9yp wrote
Reply to comment by Bushgjl in I like The Wire but it's seriously flawed by Bushgjl
What would you prefer? copaganda? a show about a secret order of honorable samurai helping the downtrodden citizens of Baltimore?
Shotgunsamurai42 t1_j5odyjb wrote
Ok, but I would watch "Yojimbo Baltimore".
Bushgjl OP t1_j5hpuew wrote
This is copaganda.
It's portraying racist and abusive cops as worthy of the audiences sympathy. It's like horshoe theory where they wanted to make a show about how corrupt these government organizations are but because they are the main characters it circles back to having the audience cheer for them.
It would have been ok if it was like True Detective where the detectives have flaws and there is corruption but they don't overplay it to where you are like "Fuck these people" whenever someone is on screen.
DiggyMcGriz t1_j5ic0dh wrote
Lmao. The Wire, of all things, is not copaganda.
Literally one of the central themes of the show is that the cops sometimes do shady, immoral things and the criminals are still capable of doing things that are good. That at the end of the day these are ALL still just people trapped in their particular modern societal roles.
The pawn is a pawn, the king is the king. The game isn’t checkers.
Best of luck with this post, though.
bloodyturtle t1_j5hsety wrote
this is literally the wrong way to watch media lol
Emergency-Reindeer55 t1_j5hs5om wrote
The show doesn’t say you have to like anyone. It’s just here’s what’s going on and take it how you want.
Bushgjl OP t1_j5hxrs6 wrote
That might be ok for a movie, but a TV show with like 40 minute episodes will leave you wanting more.
Emergency-Reindeer55 t1_j5hzkzk wrote
I didn’t feel that way. The show covers a depressing aspect of society and there wasn’t supposed to be a hero or a desired outcome at the end. You just watch the cycle. If that isn’t for you that’s fine, but it’s not a flaw.
Sojourner_Truth t1_j5jbxg1 wrote
40-42 minutes is network or cable TV episode length. All of The Wire episodes were 52+ minutes as is standard HBO runtime.
[deleted] t1_j5iecam wrote
Oh look, the old "portraying something is always a full-throated endorsement of it" argument again.
I swear that most of my generation has gotten lobotomies.
Shotgunsamurai42 t1_j5odvkt wrote
I swear people today would think "Killing in the Name" is copaganda.
tigersanddawgs t1_j5oed4u wrote
Welcome to human nuance. I know it’s tricky to reconcile in your brain
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