Anyone who’s ever watched The Wire knows about heroin branding. Dealers come up with outrageous-sounding names for the product they sell on the streets. It may actually be no different from the stuff around the corner, but if you got…
‘The Sopranos’ Tops Best Written TV Show List
In arguments about the best TV shows of all time, The Sopranos will invariably come up. The show, which follows antihero Tony Soprano as he reconciles his mobster lifestyle with a family and mental health issues, became a huge hit…
“The Wire” Gets Animated…With Legos
The enormously popular HBO show “The Wire”, which takes on different burning topics plaguing the streets of Baltimore with each season, is known for its realistic and gritty portrayal of urban life, which includes stories based on real-life experiences from…
Omar Comin’ to Broadway: The Wire as a Musical
Forget Game of Thrones. Forget this magnificent season of Mad Men. The pinnacle of modern TV series storytelling has to be HBO’s much-loved show The Wire. And I’m not just saying that as a middle-class white guy who’s never been…
Walking Dead, Dexter, and True Blood Stars Give Out Official Spoiler Rules
Spoilers are an epidemic. Just last week I DVR’d The Walking Dead, with plans to watch it later, to only have it ruined via a Facebook update. I never wanted a dislike button more in my life. Thankfully the good…