Did u really make this thread to shyt on 50?
How did a white guy create a more realistic portrayal of the hood than any black person in Hollywoo?
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Piff Perkins
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It’s not even that 50’s shows are unrealistic compared to the Wire. The problem is that the Wire is one of the best written shows of all time, and every 50 show has bad writing. The Wire is largely created and written by journalists and people who worked on great shows beforehand (Homicide). 50’s shows have extremely amateur writing, dialogue that intentionally mirrors social media, and staggers various cliff hangers that are simply idiotic to garner as much social media buzz as possible.
I can imagine 50 watching the Wire and determining he wanted to do something like that…but without the “boring” parts. Similar to a child (or man child) who thinks MCU is better than classic cinema.
I can imagine 50 watching the Wire and determining he wanted to do something like that…but without the “boring” parts. Similar to a child (or man child) who thinks MCU is better than classic cinema.
Basicallynikkas make content a hustleinstead of mastering the craft..
FunkDoc1112
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LunaticVillage415
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I would say yes and no. Yes, in the Wire did a good job exposing the institutional corruption in the police department, government, education system etc. But the Wire did portray black people in a mostly negative light as all drug dealers, baby mommas and shooters with a tiny minority of regular black folks... when in reality, most black people in the hood in Baltimore are regular. If things were as bad as the white media makes it out to be in every hood in America, there would be tens thousands of murders every year, not a three digit figure that is the norm for most big cities and there would be people starving to death and shyt. Prolific black writer Abagond broke this shyt down years ago.
The Wire
Are you really going to trust a white policeman officer’s perspective of the hood?
And the Wire was also inaccurate in glossing over all of the white poverty and white ghetto areas in Baltimore.
I’ve lived in Maryland for over 20 years, and yes, there are white hood areas in and around Baltimore full of white trash on dope too. Ghetto white people on the Wire were portrayed as lost middle class wannabes, not generational poor white trash a couple generations removed from Appalachia like they are. 
And no portrayal of the hood on film could ever compare to Boyz ‘N the Hood.
I’m originally from the hood in Cali and that movie is not a movie, it’s a documentary of hood life in Cali in the early 90’s. 
That nice clean looking hood shyt where nobody outside for a got damn reason because you could get murked walking to the liquor store. Cacs don’t understand that about Cali. They like “this ain’t the hood, it’s so nice and clean”.
And black people rep Boyz ‘N the Hood. I see black folks wearing Boyz ‘N the Hood t shirts every summer. Even all the way out here in Maryland. The only people who love the Wire are cacs from my experience.
The Wire is mostly only referenced in memes and shyt even on this site. 
The Wire
Are you really going to trust a white policeman officer’s perspective of the hood?
And the Wire was also inaccurate in glossing over all of the white poverty and white ghetto areas in Baltimore. I’ve lived in Maryland for over 20 years, and yes, there are white hood areas in and around Baltimore full of white trash on dope too. Ghetto white people on the Wire were portrayed as lost middle class wannabes, not generational poor white trash a couple generations removed from Appalachia like they are. And no portrayal of the hood on film could ever compare to Boyz ‘N the Hood.
I’m originally from the hood in Cali and that movie is not a movie, it’s a documentary of hood life in Cali in the early 90’s. That nice clean looking hood shyt where nobody outside for a got damn reason because you could get murked walking to the liquor store. Cacs don’t understand that about Cali. They like “this ain’t the hood, it’s so nice and clean”.And black people rep Boyz ‘N the Hood. I see black folks wearing Boyz ‘N the Hood t shirts every summer. Even all the way out here in Maryland. The only people who love the Wire are cacs from my experience.
The Wire is mostly only referenced in memes and shyt even on this site. 
Cause he can’t look at it objectively and he knows the superhero version is going to make more money than reality. The Wire damn near a documentary and power is a cartoon soap opera
SheWantTheD
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I need to actually sit down and watch The Wire from start to finish.\
Have only seen random episodes when they aired on tv years back.
I remember a teacher (not mine) was putting the show on in class (lucky b*stards) back in high school.
Have only seen random episodes when they aired on tv years back.
I remember a teacher (not mine) was putting the show on in class (lucky b*stards) back in high school.
Chris was a member of a gogo band
Then add in Scarface elements into the story instead keeping it true. Not everybody does this of coursenikkas make content a hustle
Most of these writers are swirlers, bi-racial, or lgbtq influenced, that's all they know of the Black experience.
Straight black writers have no say in our portrayal....
I'm talking about those DVD hood movies. No swirler/alphabet gang writer makes those films. Its usually the straight brehs obsessed with making their version of "Scarface"
$cam-U-Well_Jack$on
Superstar
I couldn't get into da 1st season either. It did n'un for me. Guess that's why I lost interest.
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
They spent way too much time on the cac and the Mexicans.
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Right, and it's usually the dudes who whimsically ignore the ending
BrooklynShow
Rookie
The Wire is great because the overall story is being shown from different viewpoints.
Shows like Money & Violence and Power, Top Boy etc are only showing viewpoint.
I was amazed watching The Wire when it came out and saw how hard it was for those cops to get wire taps. How they had to basically beg a judge. I couldn't imagine it being that difficult in NYC.
Also, the criminals in the show didn't seem larger than life like Ghost or a criminal mastermind like Tariq who can outsmart everyone.
Lastly, a lot of the acting in the Wire was very good. That's why many of them ended up starring in movies and other shows afterwards.
Shows like Money & Violence and Power, Top Boy etc are only showing viewpoint.
I was amazed watching The Wire when it came out and saw how hard it was for those cops to get wire taps. How they had to basically beg a judge. I couldn't imagine it being that difficult in NYC.
Also, the criminals in the show didn't seem larger than life like Ghost or a criminal mastermind like Tariq who can outsmart everyone.
Lastly, a lot of the acting in the Wire was very good. That's why many of them ended up starring in movies and other shows afterwards.