It has been a long time since I have seen any TV shows or series that have moved me and spoken so much truth to me that I felt compelled enough to write about one. In fact, I have only watched the first season thus far, and I am only a couple of episodes into the second at present, but I can tell you that it has already changed how I view human interactions in our society. You see, the writers, directors and screenplay folks that produced this series held a deep understanding of how internal politics in human organizations such as law enforcement agencies, courts, local and regional governments, rich and poor neighborhoods, and even drug-dealer-circles interact, coexist and play out their never ending cycle of drama in the real human world. Now, don't get me wrong and get the idea that I believe "The Wire" to be real life, but I can say with confidence and conviction that at some deeper level "I just know" that this is how our political systems operate, how our legal systems operate, how are cities operate, how our educational systems operate, how our corporations operate, and how the so-called "black market organizations" operate, not just in America mind you, but everywhere in the human world.
What exactly is it that "The Wire" does so well that it deserves such mad props from General Xod??? Well, it exposes the madness and folly inherent in humanity's current structures and the systems that operate within them. Our world has undoubtedly been run by power-plays and greed/bottom line profit for most all of humanity's history. These power-plays and this same "bottom line" has often been termed "maximising shareholder profit," in some circles, but it has the same outcomes as we can see at the end of any episode of "The Wire." I will leave it to you to make your own determinations as to whether that is the world you would choose to live in if you believed you had a choice over the matter. Essentially it is the conflict and drama inspired by the collective ego and its constant need to renew itself through more drama and conflict.What I am attempting to communicate to you all here is that this TV Series is more than just a typical "cops vs drug dealers drama," or a "satirical social commentary"; but that it is indeed an educational series that will teach all of its viewers how our world really works, and it will reveal just how absurd so much of what goes on really is. That is, it will raise awareness! Any show, book, movie, or media piece that can do this effectively is like a light in the dark, and if humanity wishes to evolve ever upwards in its present form than we will need to pay attention to shows, like "The Wire" that give us "all angles" so to speak of reality (this brings immediately to my mind the inglorious truth-revealing movie "There Will Be Blood"). So many TV shows are often just purely "for entertainment" and give only one side of the story, or glorify a particular position; but in real life, as one gets older most come to realize that life and life situations are not always just black and white, right or wrong, but that in fact the world contains so many grey-levels that its often difficult to tell the good, the bad, or the in-between apart, much less to tread lightly and hope that when all is said and done that you lived a life that helped to em-better your community and humanity as a whole in some way.
Now, I could go on and on, in fact one could write a whole book-review on The Wire, but that is not my goal here today. No, my goal here is to inspire you to check this amazing TV Series out for yourself and come to your own conclusions about it. If anything, after watching "The Wire" you will have raised your awareness (and may even become more enlightened) about modern society's absurdity and its cycles of violence/drama fueled by a never-ending need for enemies and conflict. Ta.
P.S. Check out IMDB's Wire page at IMDB THE WIRE
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