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Bushgjl OP t1_j5hw1q1 wrote

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

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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