> Joanna Wrote
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> If The Wire had been about heroism, it would have been a failure. It's
about helping people understand that the problems are systemic: it did that
through character, plot, camera work, diversity of topics, etc. It would be
a huge step forward if Americans did understand that the issues we are
dealing with are systemic.
>And editing. The Wire was absolutely brilliantly edited. A scene was
rarely, if ever, too long, and the overall story never lost it's momentum,
even as it grew more complex. By the third season Simon & Co were keeping so
many balls in the air that they started showing off, tossing in little
narrative fillips just to get a rise out of the audience.