Thursday, October 18, 2007

David Simon Article
This week's New Yorker has a great profile of The Wire and its creator David Simon. Simon is fascinating to hear quoted because he's relentlessly honest. Here's a favorite line:

“The Wire,” Simon often says, is a show about how contemporary American society—and, particularly, “raw, unencumbered capitalism”—devalues human beings. He told me, “Every single moment on the planet, from here on out, human beings are worth less. We are in a post-industrial age. We don’t need as many of us as we once did."

How funny would it be to hear a politician say that at a stump speech? "Well folks, to be frank, there are more of you than there are available jobs."

If you've been hounded by friends to start watching The Wire and you haven't yet, don't. You don't deserve it. 

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