Comments on: For The City: David Simon Q&A http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/ Tweedy, impertinent notes on a criminal conspiracy. We bring you critical hogwash and weird conjecture regarding HBO\'s \"The Wire.\" Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:43:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: R.I.P. Robert F. Chew, The Wire’s Proposition Joe « OFFTOPTV.COM http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-9149 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:43:52 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-9149 [...] Joe became. But the realness that Chew brought to his reading—in addition to what David Simon called one of the best local accents on the entire show—caused them to reimagine the role, to the [...]

]]> By: Casting The Wire: Complicating Notions of Performance, Authenticity, and ‘Otherness’ | darkmatter Journal http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-9101 Sat, 30 May 2009 09:29:51 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-9101 [...] Having previously written and produced the mini-series The Corner (2000) for HBO, Simon was aware of some of the benefits of pay-cable television with regards to minority participation both onscreen and behind the cameras. As well as assembling a largely black cast and shooting the series in Baltimore, the director Charles S. Dutton was able to convince HBO to bring on board a number of black crew members from around the country. While this was feasible for a six-part production, Simon states that the demands of continuing television meant that this approach was too expensive for The Wire. Thus, despite having a writing and production team that he describes as being ‘whiter than we wished they were’, minority participation was achieved by drawing on Baltimore and Washington locals for the show’s supporting cast. Simon describes the benefits of this as being threefold: Yes, it leavens the project to have local faces, accents and credibility. Yes, it is fun to run some inside jokes among the cameos (Kurt Schmoke as city health commissioner, Melvin Williams as The Deacon, the Rev. Frank Reid as the Rev. Reid Franklin). But also, we can’t afford to bring the entire cast from New York, L.A. and London.16 [...]

]]> By: Bob Andelman http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-8042 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:51:06 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-8042 You might enjoy this audio interview with “The Wire” creator David Simon: http://www.mrmedia.com/2007/02/fridays-with-mr-media-david-simonthe.html .

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]]> By: Richie Bubs pill seekin Friend http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-637 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:53:23 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-637 I love the wire, I was born and raised on some of the toughest streets Philadelphia , I now reside about 50 miles from Baltimore MD and whould love to go see a filming of it, my wife thinks ima nuts about the show and need more of a life. Its so bad I am in the porcess of working with a Tatto artist to do a huge back piece with a little bit of each series in it. can anyone help me with the info i need1

]]> By: Akynos http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-457 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:18:52 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-457 Well, with that said, can someone tell me the casting company for this production?

]]> By: Akynos http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-456 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:15:01 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-456 this is awesome, saw one of the actors on the set of a movie yesterday. i would love to be on this show!

]]> By: turbanhead http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-424 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:03:21 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-424 Thank goodness I found this site! We’ve been hooked on The Wire like the pandemic they’re slinging on the street since season 1 and wait for Mondays when we can watch the next week’s episode on demand. We’re going through withdrawal right now after learning about the delay in episode 44.

How dedicated are we to The Wire? Dedicated enough to be on hold with NYC Time Warner for 30 minutes when episode 43 kept not loading properly on our digital cabl ebox!

Oh yeah, the HBO discussions boards on The Wire are horrible! Nothing but spoilers are crap.

]]> By: Sahu http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-421 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:33:07 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-421 There is an interesting article on the wire in this months Fader…They have a pdf version online at http://thefader.iad.cachefly.net/thefader_issue41.pdf (go to page 62)

]]> By: Chris L http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-420 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:46:46 +0000 http://heavenandhere.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/for-the-city-david-simon-qa/#comment-420 Stay away from Wire stuff on YouTube as well. Someone got me by posting a clip with a huge spoiler in the subject line. Wasn’t expecting that.

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