The Wire: It’s All In The Game | Cabrillo Voice
Everyone starts somewhere, I started HERE with the Cabrillo Voice in 2018. Prior to this article, I had not been published since the high school paper days.
It holds up, if I do say so myself. I hope you enjoy.
A decade after the final season of “The Wire” was released by HBO, its brutal portrayal of Baltimore’s erosion from an affluent center of industry to a city divided by race, class, and culture remains poignantly resonant. All five seasons are currently available to stream as part of a standard Amazon Prime membership.
Over the course of the show, the human experience of the city’s denizens takes you from the streets to the state house and back again, explaining how all the leaks in the dyke flood the city with corrosive influence. Corruptible law enforcement officials, systemic malfeasance, overwhelmed school systems, the “War On Drugs,” sensationalized news, and the asphyxiation of the working class come together to result in urban decay. To read the rest of the article, please click here.
