Comments on: Monday Notebook: "The Wire," "Saturday Night Live," Digging Out, Akron-Kent, "Canterbury's Law"

By: Buck

Buck — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:59:50 +0000

"The Wire" was indeed brought to a sad end this past weekend. Not sad in that the episode wasnt brilliant but sad in that there is no Season 6. You know you have been involved with good TV when you cheer for the "bad guy". I found myself rooting for Chris Partlow to get out of jail for being marlo's hitman, happy that Michael is on top of his game, even though he is the new Omar Little (RIP), sad that the forementioned Mr. Little is no longer with us, etc. so on and so on.
I also find myself thanking my parents for not settling in the Baltimore area. The most disturbing part of the whole story is that the same story goes on and on and on. Even without Avaon Barksdale, Stringer Bell, Webay, Stinkum, Rock Rock, Snoop and Fruit and many others, the crime is never stopped, the politicians keep politicing and the police keep spiining their wheels accomplishing the minimum on the grand scale. I was also brought to tears as the original "Way Down In The Hole" from Season 1 played over the explanation of David Simon's "same crap, different day", expressed in McNulty's moment overlooking the Baltimore skyline.
Even more sad is that this is how people get along every day to get by on all levels. Bubbles urge to get high is just as corrupt as McNulty's urge to make get real police work done, all be it via a non conventianal way of getting police back up. When it's all said and done, the respect I have for people's energy in what they believe in is what I respect most. I believe Jay Z said it best "Can't knock the Hustle!". As Carver moves up the rankes, Carcetti becomes Governor, Slim Charles takes over the drug connect, its all done in passion and that storyline was expressed vividly. Thats the part I love the most about this series. One of the best ever on TV.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:55:01 +0000

Ohhhh. I forgot he was on during Weekend Update. You're right, that was a hoot.

By: rheldenfels

rheldenfels — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:44:17 +0000

No, that was interminable. I was talking about the bit during Weekend Update, with Thompson as Jean K. Jean, who did a "Def Comedy Jam" monologue, only all the references were to France. Just watched it again, and still think it was funny. You know, the ladies are all about the Euros.
And the game was in Akron.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:27:17 +0000

Wait, that interminable Keenan Thompson thing was supposed to be French?? (The one where every one of his world leader guests got shot at, right?) I didn't get that at all. Or maybe I'm thinking of the wrong thing — was this in the last fifteen to twenty minutes of the show?

(Not like it matters, but . . .)

I stayed in the entire weekend, and watched some stuff via Netflix's Watch Instantly feature (True Colors and The Ten, among others) to keep from going too stir crazy.

Was the Kent-Akron game at Kent, or at Akron? Either way, I agree with your point about how different it is to be there versus watching it on TV.

I would say that it particularly makes a difference when the basketball arena is as small as Kent's or Akron's. My impression is that the playing floor and seating area are smaller than my high school's gym, and after four years in the cavernous Convocation Center at OU, going to events at the MAC & the JAR was kind of a shock.

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