Comments on: “That’s Got His Own” http://thepurdman.com/thats-got-his-own/ Technology, Food, and Other Freelance Nonsense Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://thepurdman.com/thats-got-his-own/#comment-11 Mark Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:59:59 +0000 http://www.thepurdman.com/2008/01/08/thats-got-his-own/#comment-11 Boy I just meet you and love you already, like a brutha. You feel me? Boy I just meet you and love you already, like a brutha. You feel me?

]]> By: Dan http://thepurdman.com/thats-got-his-own/#comment-10 Dan Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:21:43 +0000 http://www.thepurdman.com/2008/01/08/thats-got-his-own/#comment-10 Kevin: I think the key to the series is that no one is all hero and no one is all villain. I'm sure the Sun will struggle to cover the substance of life in West Baltimore as it works to keep its suburban base happy and interested. The victories there will be small and maybe substantive. I'm not looking for a resolution of the series. I'm sure the fight will just go on. I love the series, having lived in Baltimore and a bunch of other cities just like it - Milwaukee, St. Louis and Pittsburgh - where your perception and fate are often determined by the color of your skin and the zip code in which you live. Looking forward to your posts. Kevin:
I think the key to the series is that no one is all hero and no one is all villain. I’m sure the Sun will struggle to cover the substance of life in West Baltimore as it works to keep its suburban base happy and interested. The victories there will be small and maybe substantive.
I’m not looking for a resolution of the series. I’m sure the fight will just go on. I love the series, having lived in Baltimore and a bunch of other cities just like it – Milwaukee, St. Louis and Pittsburgh – where your perception and fate are often determined by the color of your skin and the zip code in which you live.
Looking forward to your posts.

]]> By: Dan http://thepurdman.com/thats-got-his-own/#comment-9 Dan Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:16:45 +0000 http://www.thepurdman.com/2008/01/08/thats-got-his-own/#comment-9 Purdman - An interesting note: this is the first time I've watched The Wire as the new episodes come out weekly. I watched the first four seasons in a bleary-eyed, two-week long DVD frenzy. I actually think it's less satisfying this way. The pace of the series has always been a bit slow but it was never a problem because you could just watch the next episode. Now I can't and I'm left wanting. I have to think about why I'm watching the next episode. I watched last week's twice already (there, I admitted it), and I'm still not exactly sure what plot I can expect to be advanced in the coming weeks. I know that kind of misses the show's point. The portrayal of cops, robbers and newspapermen were characteristically fascinating. The Sun was a bit cliche from the view of someone who's been steeped in newspaper doomsday talk my whole (brief) professional life. But there's no denying the entertainment value. I agree about Bunk's first scene - I felt like cheering afterwards like my team had just scored a goal. Hope everything's well man. -Dan Purdman -

An interesting note: this is the first time I’ve watched The Wire as the new episodes come out weekly. I watched the first four seasons in a bleary-eyed, two-week long DVD frenzy. I actually think it’s less satisfying this way. The pace of the series has always been a bit slow but it was never a problem because you could just watch the next episode. Now I can’t and I’m left wanting. I have to think about why I’m watching the next episode. I watched last week’s twice already (there, I admitted it), and I’m still not exactly sure what plot I can expect to be advanced in the coming weeks.

I know that kind of misses the show’s point. The portrayal of cops, robbers and newspapermen were characteristically fascinating.

The Sun was a bit cliche from the view of someone who’s been steeped in newspaper doomsday talk my whole (brief) professional life. But there’s no denying the entertainment value. I agree about Bunk’s first scene – I felt like cheering afterwards like my team had just scored a goal.

Hope everything’s well man.
-Dan

]]> By: Purdman http://thepurdman.com/thats-got-his-own/#comment-7 Purdman Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:14:35 +0000 http://www.thepurdman.com/2008/01/08/thats-got-his-own/#comment-7 Well, the editor is played by Clark Johnson, who's a veteran of David Simon's "Homicide," so that's one clue that he's the "hero left behind by the system" for the season. Another is that we're shown that he pays attention to details and challenges the status quo -- think Lester Freamon with a few pounds on him, or McNulty with a much less inflamed liver. Well, the editor is played by Clark Johnson, who’s a veteran of David Simon’s “Homicide,” so that’s one clue that he’s the “hero left behind by the system” for the season. Another is that we’re shown that he pays attention to details and challenges the status quo — think Lester Freamon with a few pounds on him, or McNulty with a much less inflamed liver.

]]> By: Sara http://thepurdman.com/thats-got-his-own/#comment-8 Sara Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:43:38 +0000 http://www.thepurdman.com/2008/01/08/thats-got-his-own/#comment-8 It's interesting that you view Gus as being set up in the hero's role, given that so far we've only see him do his job as city editor. It will be interesting to see whether his superiors are able to break his dedication to his job. Since this is the Wire and nothing has a happy ending, they probably will. Also, my more cynical side would like to note that in my experience, most newspaper higher-ups really are "blatantly clueless." It’s interesting that you view Gus as being set up in the hero’s role, given that so far we’ve only see him do his job as city editor. It will be interesting to see whether his superiors are able to break his dedication to his job. Since this is the Wire and nothing has a happy ending, they probably will.

Also, my more cynical side would like to note that in my experience, most newspaper higher-ups really are “blatantly clueless.”

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