One of the things I didn't really process about the finale until right this second is the larger message - a message we all kind of know but don't necessarily think about - that what you do resonates down the line, not just in our generation but the ones that follow us. It's obvious, right? But it really hit me when you made the comment about Chris and hoping that he'll direct his family differently, and how Carver may have the chance Daniels didn't because he doesn't have the dirt on him.
I also didn't quite mentally put together that it took two people to fill McNulty's shoes. That seems right. Heh.
In conclusion, my need to vid this show is about to overwhelm me.Oh god, I was the same way when I finished. My urge to vid this show is powerful; I can't think of any other vid ideas because I keep thinking about these sweeping, difficult Wire vids that I don't have time for. Heh. Although that one I told you about wouldn't be as difficult since it's not a universe vid like my others. I've been thinking about that one a
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...what you do resonates down the line, not just in our generation but the ones that follow us.Yeah, exactly. And from a narrative point of view, the show makes this point with amazing cleverness. Most narratives that take up this message do so in a family context; The Wire does it on a much larger scale, a social scale. The show is only occasionally about literal parents and children; it's much more about examples and mentors and disciples
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Sydnor was more of a surprise, maybe because he's always been more of a cipher
I was surprised to see him in Phelan's office, I have to say. But he's been there, watching, the whole time. He knows what's going on, even if we haven't heard much from him directly. He's always been learning.
Your icon reminds me: the return of Kima's hat in the scene outside the bar -- where she confesses to Jimmy and Lester -- made me SO HAPPY. That's my badass girl: hair pulled back, cap on. ::loves::
I cannot tell you how happy good vids of The Wire would make me.
I remember reading some reviews of the finale that seemed to see the circularity as a weakness, as Simon's cynicism winning out over hope, and it seemed to me that such comments entirely missed the point. The Wire wasn't a narrative show the way so many are; it wasn't trying to moralize, but to present a certain reality. Yes, things were changed for narrative purposes, and I know that there were issues with the larger stories every season (and that Simon had his own ax to grind about the newspaper), but the individual stories that we followed felt very real, and weren't about heroes and villains -- just people, caught in their circumstances, and too often not knowing or even being able to overcome them.
Well, here's hoping that those of us with vid plans come through for you soon. *g*
I think you're right that the nature of The Wire's narrative is different in important ways from that of other TV narratives; they clearly conceived of the show as season-long wholes, and the individual episode boundaries, though not arbitrary, offer little in the way of micro-structure. I found the show addictive on DVD, but quite difficult to watch week to week, as I tried to do for the first half of the last season.
I meant to watch weekly, and then was foiled when my Tivo exploded and dropped ep4, so I ended up watching the rest of the season in a lump. I think it worked much better that way, at least for my stress levels. *g*
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my need to vid this show is about to overwhelm me.
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Now if only I had TIME to vid!
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I also didn't quite mentally put together that it took two people to fill McNulty's shoes. That seems right. Heh.
In conclusion, my need to vid this show is about to overwhelm me.Oh god, I was the same way when I finished. My urge to vid this show is powerful; I can't think of any other vid ideas because I keep thinking about these sweeping, difficult Wire vids that I don't have time for. Heh. Although that one I told you about wouldn't be as difficult since it's not a universe vid like my others. I've been thinking about that one a ( ... )
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I was surprised to see him in Phelan's office, I have to say. But he's been there, watching, the whole time. He knows what's going on, even if we haven't heard much from him directly. He's always been learning.
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I remember reading some reviews of the finale that seemed to see the circularity as a weakness, as Simon's cynicism winning out over hope, and it seemed to me that such comments entirely missed the point. The Wire wasn't a narrative show the way so many are; it wasn't trying to moralize, but to present a certain reality. Yes, things were changed for narrative purposes, and I know that there were issues with the larger stories every season (and that Simon had his own ax to grind about the newspaper), but the individual stories that we followed felt very real, and weren't about heroes and villains -- just people, caught in their circumstances, and too often not knowing or even being able to overcome them.
Bubbles coming upstairs made me burst into tears.
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I think you're right that the nature of The Wire's narrative is different in important ways from that of other TV narratives; they clearly conceived of the show as season-long wholes, and the individual episode boundaries, though not arbitrary, offer little in the way of micro-structure. I found the show addictive on DVD, but quite difficult to watch week to week, as I tried to do for the first half of the last season.
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