This blog writer thought she yielded to no one in her admiration for The Wire<\/strong>. But I have found a post on the onetoein blog<\/a> that is well more enthusiastic than anything I’ve said.<\/p>\n

To say The Wire is the best show on television doesn’t do it justice. It narrows the playing field, especially for those who see television as a ghetto. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to call The Wire one of the best and most important pieces of American art of the early 21^{st<\/sup> Century, and even that narrows it down.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n}

I have to agree except I think it’s probably the major work of art that’s ever been presented on television.<\/p>\n

In the year’s gap before the next series appears, I have found a potential substitute in the HBO mini-series that gave birth to The Wire<\/strong>. It’s called The Corner<\/strong> and is a set of 6 hour-long programmes, each based on a separate story. It won lots of awards and made it possible for the Wire to be created. I’ve only just glanced at the intro episode – in preparation of aserious 6 hour session) but it looks a lot like The Wire<\/strong>, though obviously it was made on a much lower budget .<\/p>\n

So far it loooks promising. Even the first few minutes are shaping up as pretty funny and shrewd (once you get past the double set of serious intro talks – one is from a man who grew up on the corners and another is a mock interview with the man whose story provides the first episode.)<\/p>\n

Buy The Corner dvd from Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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