The Wire Gets Real
HBO's gritty, unflinching portrait of street life in Baltimore is being called the best show on TV ever, but how do the people of Baltimore feel about it? How art mirrors life, and when reality is too complex for television.
By Kurt Andersen • • 1 min readHBO's gritty, unflinching portrait of street life in Baltimore is being called the best show on TV ever, but how do the people of Baltimore feel about it? How art mirrors life, and when reality is too complex for television.