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KYWizard t1_j5hvhvm wrote

Reply to comment by Bushgjl in I like The Wire but it's seriously flawed by Bushgjl

They were not trying to make likable or amusing scumbags. You clearly don't understand what this show is, but you DO understand...it's not for you. Again, nothing wrong with that.

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Bushgjl OP t1_j5hw1q1 wrote

This isn't a documentary though, it's a fictional TV show.

If you are going to make morally reprehensible characters then you have to give them more depth and personality than they did. At least for a long running TV show.

If they are not interesting and they are not good people, then what is left?

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KYWizard t1_j5k2fww wrote

What is left is a gritty realism that might be hard for some people to accept. I have to say, it's one thing not to love the characters, but to not find anything interesting in the characters in The Wire?

The show isn't for everyone I guess.

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philovax t1_j5mze5p wrote

Its so close to a documentary. The show is very accurate to real life in Baltimore during the early 2000’s. Very accurate.

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