The Wire

[Dharus]

I loved the Wire series. Simon developed a story arc based off of real people and events. He hollywooded it a bit but it still left a fairly realistic story that asked a lot of good questions about our society. I think the turn off for some people is that it goes against what they think (or taught) is normal so it feels more fake than real. Not saying i'm from the streets or anything but I've seen some of the issues that the Wire touches on. Good show and definitely better than regular TV. While Simon's New Orleans series wasn't as engaging as the Wire, it still had the same flavor and he pointed out there as well some flaws with our society.

Simon is an interesting guy. I think he's got some "spot on" ideas about current journalism.