This is part 1 of a new subscriber-only review series where I talk about The Wire. In this episode I discuss some of the recurring themes – the war on drugs, the failed police tactics, the dirty money trail – along with the complex metaphysics of the show. I talk about some of my favourite characters and scenes, the cinematopgraphy and the underlying idea of how institutions abuse the individuals within them.
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