Another macabre post
This time, I'm contemplating death in The Wire.
The most heroic death
That one is going to be rather impossible as there's no hero on The Wire, and nobody died heroically. Franck Sobotka was the closest thing to a hero that the show had, though. Omar was flamboyant, and bigger than life, but he wasn't a hero, rather an anti-hero. And he didn't die heroically anyway.
The most iconic death
Stringer Bell's without a doubt because he was very charismatic and he died on his development site which was supposed to be his way out of the gangster world, out of the ghetto...but he couldn't escape his criminal past, and Omar and Brother Mouzone were merciless.
The most poetic death
Perhaps the first one, that guy who was nicknamed Snot, it was the opening scene for a series that will be a lot about dying in the street. No I'm kidding! More ironic than poetic, but The Wire was that way. The show was very documentary-like so it wasn't a world of poetry.
The most tragic death
I could choose that poor junkie, Sherod, whose death Bubbles caused unintentionally - he was planning on poisoning someone else, and ended having his only companion dead -, but the tragedy was more about Bubbles than about Sherod.
I would pick Franck Sobotka's, murdered by the Greek and his mob. That character who was fighting against forces much stronger than his was so tragic; he was almost doomed from day one, and that final scene in which he goes to the meeting when the audience knows death is awaiting him, with the Greek music, and his nephew realising what is going to happen...pure tragedy!
The most cliched or tearjerking death
The Wire didn't do that kind. But perhaps it's because none of the regular police men and women died. Had Kima died in season 1 that would have fit the category, for sure.
The death the audience didn't really care about
Maybe Snoop when Michael killed her, or Cheese shot by Slim Charles.
The death that looks so real it makes you think of death in RL
Most of them were realistic so it's difficult to pick one. But at the same time, all those violent deaths happen in either the crime world or the drug world; they were connected to a criminal life or heroin-addiction so it's difficult to relate when you don't swim in those waters.
The most expected death
The boy Wallace in season 1. It was like he had some death wish and it was just a matter of time. I didn't expect Poot to be such a cold-blooded killer though.
The death that wasn't that much of a surprise but that turned out to happen quickly and in a "clean way":
D'Angelo Barksdale. Such a tragic character. Or Butchie the blind man. Or Proposition Joe. He had it coming!
The least expected death
I really thought that Bodie would make it. He seemed to be the survivor type, but no, and his death pointed out that nobody was safe on the show, at least none of the corner boys and gangsters. They dropped like flies.
The most shocking death
It has to be Omar's of course, even though I was spoiled about his dying. Fucking Kenard!
The most heroic death
That one is going to be rather impossible as there's no hero on The Wire, and nobody died heroically. Franck Sobotka was the closest thing to a hero that the show had, though. Omar was flamboyant, and bigger than life, but he wasn't a hero, rather an anti-hero. And he didn't die heroically anyway.
The most iconic death
Stringer Bell's without a doubt because he was very charismatic and he died on his development site which was supposed to be his way out of the gangster world, out of the ghetto...but he couldn't escape his criminal past, and Omar and Brother Mouzone were merciless.
The most poetic death
Perhaps the first one, that guy who was nicknamed Snot, it was the opening scene for a series that will be a lot about dying in the street. No I'm kidding! More ironic than poetic, but The Wire was that way. The show was very documentary-like so it wasn't a world of poetry.
The most tragic death
I could choose that poor junkie, Sherod, whose death Bubbles caused unintentionally - he was planning on poisoning someone else, and ended having his only companion dead -, but the tragedy was more about Bubbles than about Sherod.
I would pick Franck Sobotka's, murdered by the Greek and his mob. That character who was fighting against forces much stronger than his was so tragic; he was almost doomed from day one, and that final scene in which he goes to the meeting when the audience knows death is awaiting him, with the Greek music, and his nephew realising what is going to happen...pure tragedy!
The most cliched or tearjerking death
The Wire didn't do that kind. But perhaps it's because none of the regular police men and women died. Had Kima died in season 1 that would have fit the category, for sure.
The death the audience didn't really care about
Maybe Snoop when Michael killed her, or Cheese shot by Slim Charles.
The death that looks so real it makes you think of death in RL
Most of them were realistic so it's difficult to pick one. But at the same time, all those violent deaths happen in either the crime world or the drug world; they were connected to a criminal life or heroin-addiction so it's difficult to relate when you don't swim in those waters.
The most expected death
The boy Wallace in season 1. It was like he had some death wish and it was just a matter of time. I didn't expect Poot to be such a cold-blooded killer though.
The death that wasn't that much of a surprise but that turned out to happen quickly and in a "clean way":
D'Angelo Barksdale. Such a tragic character. Or Butchie the blind man. Or Proposition Joe. He had it coming!
The least expected death
I really thought that Bodie would make it. He seemed to be the survivor type, but no, and his death pointed out that nobody was safe on the show, at least none of the corner boys and gangsters. They dropped like flies.
The most shocking death
It has to be Omar's of course, even though I was spoiled about his dying. Fucking Kenard!