[ SECRET POST #2312 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2312 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[agnes_bean]

Beyond being worth it because it's totally incredible, I actually don't think The Wire is one of the most shred your heart out shows out there overall, and it is certainly not a show where nobody makes it out even half-way okay.

Are there specific storylines and characters that will destroy you? Oh fuck yes. Don't get me wrong, some of the saddest character fates I've ever seen are on this show. And yes, the overall message will leave you cynical about the possibly of the necessary fundamental changes ever happening.

But it's NOT grimdark. It's NOT gloom and doom for the sake of gloom and doom. It certainly does NOT go out of its way to hurt your favorite characters unless they are in positions to be hurt (ie. people involved in the crime world are more at risk than the cops, who are more at risk than the politicians, etc.)

The Wire strives for realism, and in real life bad things happen, but good things do, too. People die, people get addicted to drugs, people suffer, people throw their lives away. But people also live (most cops aren't killed on the job for instance). People fall in love. People recover from pain and heartbreak and addiction. People manage to get out of terrible situations and make something of themselves.

I'm from Baltimore, and I think the show is clearly a love note to the city. I wouldn't say that if its fundamental message were depressing, or if it suggested no one who lives in the city can have a happy life.

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