Quick Hits:
1. A few brief thoughts about the final season of the Wire:
My biggest complaint was not the absurdity of the Serial Killer plot or the relentless and often over-simplified focus on the Newspaper. Many people point to these reasons as the downfall of the show's final season. Nay, I say. What bothered me most was that David Simon forgot what Wire fans cared about most - the characters. And every season had its obvious fan-favorites. Season 1 through 3 had Avon, Stringer, Bodie, and Omar. When Season 4 opened without Stringer, hope seemed lost, but we fell in love with Michael and the kids, and we still had Bodie and Omar. Well, Season 5 had no one to latch onto. We were expected to find our hero in Gus, but his character was so one-dimensional it was hard to favor him over the guys we truly connect with. That's what has become the Wire's specialty. Any show can feature a saint, not many can make an audience feel sympathy and passion for serial killers, child-murderers, drug dealers, and drunks. That was the problem with Season 5. Michael and Omar were given a backseat ride; the illustration of the Catch 22 that was innercity street life, once the most fascinating and brutally honest aspect of the show, had all but dissapeared; and the show focused on City Hall, the police department, and the newspaper, all concepts better off discussed on NPR. It's harder to respect a down-and-out drunk who creates a serial killer than, say, a kid who resorts to drug-dealing to protect and feed his baby brother. About halfway through the Series finale I lost my concentration as the episode bounced from the police station to the Mayor's office to the newsroom; I just wanted one Michael scene. 87 minutes later, and still no Michael. The show was amazing, I enjoyed every minute, I just wished the Wire stuck to its guns for its final hoorah.
2. If you read Bringing Down the House, don't see 21, it'll frustrate the hell out of you. After all, as hot as Kate Bosworth may be she is no goddamn Rams cheerleader. And for the rest of you, if you don't read, it's an entertaining movie.
3. The Fab Files friend, reader, and Logo-Graphic Maker (which, according to some, like The Fab Files enemy Harrison Bergman, is the only decent piece of material on my site) Ramon Desouza is in the process of creating a free sketch comedy. http://www.viralsandwich.com/
Check it out, I'll repost when it's up and running.
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Mr Fab Files- in a five season show like the Wire, it is kind of hard, if not impossible, to tie up every loose end that was started in the previous 4 seasons without sacrificing the integrity of the show. While you were at home disappointed about your Michael scene, i was sitting on my couch waiting for closure concerning the boxing prodigy Dennis "Cutty" Wise. What i am trying to say is that The Wire should have spent the second half of the 5th season wrapping things up, not opening new plot lines... Nevertheless, i thoroughly enjoyed my relationship with The Wire, despite the fact that it left me higher and dryer than Ari Allen in the Sahara.
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