How did a white guy create a more realistic portrayal of the hood than any black person in Hollywoo?

[BrothaZay]

 

[YouMadd?]

He was police in balmore for many many years during the height of the heroin epidemic. He’s good poleece… which means he was able to make a good show tew

 

[Pseudonym]

The Corner is pretty good too

 

[Take It In Blood]

Season 4 was exactly how my school was

We was doomed from the start

 

[BrothaZay]

He was police in balmore for many many years during the height of the heroin epidemic. He’s good poleece… which means he was able to make a good show tew

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

 

[EARFQUAKE]

Only thing I don't like is his use of the n word with a hard er when characters are audibly supposed to say it with an a. Always felt funny when I read the screenplay or you read his book.

 

[semicko82]

He was police in balmore for many many years during the height of the heroin epidemic. He’s good poleece… which means he was able to make a good show tew

David Simon was a reporter. He got the idea for the Wire from his writing partner Ed Burns who was a former policeman and school teacher

 

[semicko82]

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

50 cent isn't aiming for realism.

 

[YouMadd?]

David Simon was a reporter. He got the idea for the Wire from his writing partner Ed Burns who was a former policeman and school teacher

So the wire was realistic because a former cop helped provide insights? Got it

 

[Pool_Shark]

The Corner is pretty good too

One of my favorite shows of all time.

The book is good too. The book Homicide as well.

 

[semicko82]

So the wire was realistic because a former cop helped provide insights? Got it

You just got the name wrong but you were right

 

[NZA]

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

for the same reason the sopranos is so unrealistic. it's meant to be pure entertainment. the wire is an extension of simon's writing on the subject of urban decay. two different agendas

 

[boskey]

Cuz he's a reporter and not an entertainer

 

[Juliano Soprano]

He was police in balmore for many many years during the height of the heroin epidemic. He’s good poleece… which means he was able to make a good show tew

One of my exes from bmore and she talk and text exactly like this especially that tew bullshyt, used the get on my nerves when she text me with that bmore accent

 

[Ziggiy]

Yea but why are 50 cents shows so unrealistic and hes a actual street nikka

50 Cent’s shyt is basically late night Soap Operas. Their not going for something even half way realistic.


A better comparison would be something like Snowfall. Which is VERY good.