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This article analyzes the alleged Dickensian echo of the highly-acclaimed TV series The Wire (2002-2008). The Wire‘s well-known literary ambitions have frequently been endorsed by comparison of the series to literary genres, including the Greek tragedy (McMillan, 2009:
This article analyzes the alleged Dickensian echo of the highly-acclaimed HBO TV series The Wire. Charles Dickens is probably the literary author to whom the series has most frequently been likened.
- Pablo Ruano San Segundo
- 2019
Jun 30, 2019 · This article analyzes the alleged Dickensian echo of the highly-acclaimed HBO TV series The Wire. Charles Dickens is probably the literary author to whom the series has most frequently been...
- Stanfield Organization
- Omar Little
- Homicide Unit
- Politics
- The Baltimore Sun
- Stanfield Investigation
Scene opens on a body being stretchered out of Monk’s apartment building by paramedics. Homicide detective Ed Norrisstands in front of the building looking up at the apartment’s broken window. A young boy on a scooter watches the body and the detective leave and then sets off himself. The rest of the Stanfield Organization search for Omar Little fo...
Omar hides out in the maintenance room of Monk's apartment building and bandages what appears to be a seriously injured right leg. He fashions a crutch from a broom and limps out of the building in obvious pain. Omar waits for Fatface Rick at Boots Bail Bonds and uses a glass bottle to hold up the kingpin. Rick offers Omar anything he wants. Omar t...
McNulty reads The Baltimore Sun and finds his fake serial killer story on the front page. Bunk asks him if he is happy and McNulty gleefully explains that he will now have the funds he requires to restart the Stanfield investigation. Bunk guesses that McNulty phoned Scott Templeton, the reporter involved, himself and McNulty tells Bunk that Templet...
Carcetti holds a poorly attended press event to commemorate the opening of “New Westport.” He discusses the rejuvenation of the docks project and the contributions of his predecessors Tommy D’Alessandro, William Donald Schaefer, Kurt Schmoke and Michael O’Malley. He is watched by a group of Union Stevedores including Nick Sobotka, Nat Coxon, Little...
Alma Gutierrez remarks on Scott Templeton’s front page piece about the false serial killer and asks if it was strange to be close to the killer. Having actually faked the phone call Templeton is relatively unfazed. Executive Editor James Whiting and Managing Editor Thomas Klebanowapproach Templeton to congratulate him on the story. Templeton downpl...
Lester Freamon reveals his intention to pursue the Stanfield investigation, despite orders to drop it, to Leander Sydnor. Freamon shows Sydnor the illegal wiretap on Stanfield’s cell phone and delivers the epigraph “If you have a problem with this, I understand completely.” Freamon tells Sydnor that if he is unhappy with the plan he should put as m...
Mar 23, 2011 · Instead of driving a linear plot forward, Dickens, in A Tale of Two Cities and Bleak House, seeks to unfold the narrative outward, gradually uncovering different aspects of a socially complex world. While Dickens is lauded for these attempts, The Wire does the same thing, with less appeal to the masses and more skill.
The editor wants the readers to feel pity for the homeless. Playing up "the Dickensian aspect" of homelessness is basically telling his reporter to find a hungry beggar saying "please sir, I want some more" (ala Oliver Twist) for the pathos.
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Jun 30, 2019 · The analysis is intended to throw new light on the Dickensian ambience of The Wire, which seems to be different than previous critical appreciations of the series have suggested. This article analyzes the alleged Dickensian echo of the highly-acclaimed HBO TV series The Wire.
