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Monday, August 25 2008

Women and ‘The Wire’

By Sophie Jones

Why the most intelligent show on TV, a compelling exploration of the circumstances and institutional pressures that make people who they are, gets an "F" in Gender Studies.


Friday, August 15 2008

The Wire: The Complete Fifth Season

By Chris Barsanti

The dense mythology, painstakingly created over five novelistic seasons, has enough drama packed inside to be easily spun out for the next five, ten, 15 years.


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