Performances from The Wire that you thought were wack

[Walt]

I've watched every season at least 7 times (long story) with the exception of season 5, which I watched twice and threw in the bushes... So I've thought about this a lot.

Anyone pretending Meth can act... That's on you. Dude becomes more unbearable with each viewing.

Ziggy is painful too watch, and not because the actor did him so well, nor because he was shytty. The character was written poorly, in my opinion.

Avon owns every scene he's in. I know Wood Harris has played that same character (or a slight variation of him) a couple times, but shyt, he kills that role.

Kima's girlfriend is fukking terrible.

Mouzzone is clearly a case of the writers having too much fun on some inside joke shyt. His character is so over the top he starts to seem like a cartoon.

Nicky aka the dollar store version of Ben Affleck was a weak actor.

Landsman had some beastly ass monlogues, the writing was pitch perfect and so was his delivery.

Bodie was great, Poot was eh. I thought D was was hit or miss.

Bunk was up there with Avon for me. He killed nearly all his scenes.

Frankie Faison aka the landlord from Coming to America aka Burrell was very one-note. Exaggerated his mouth movements and said buy and bust and no surprises with over the top emphasis. He got tired fast.

I thought Carver was wack for the most part.

Loved Norman in his role.

Could never get past how ridiculous Orlando looked to take him seriously.

Cutty had some strong moments, but there were too many times when he would rely on making his eyes big and he started to resemble some kind of frog-ape.

Bunny was terrific. His #2 in command was atrocious (yeah, I know he was a "real" person, but he was an abysmal actor).

Oh, fukk, yeah, the worst actor might've been the dude who rode the boat with McNulty. Dude's acting was pathetic.

Loved that the Deacon was an OG in real life, but his acting was trashola.

Sherrod was garbage.

Squeak and Bernard sucked too. nikka Bernard looked like a lame version of Kurupt.

I enjoyed Fredro Starr as Bird.

 

[61 Corpses]

I've watched every season at least 7 times (long story) with the exception of season 5, which I watched twice and threw in the bushes... So I've thought about this a lot.

Anyone pretending Meth can act... That's on you. Dude becomes more unbearable with each viewing.

Ziggy is painful too watch, and not because the actor did him so well, nor because he was shytty. The character was written poorly, in my opinion.

Avon owns every scene he's in. I know Wood Harris has played that same character (or a slight variation of him) a couple times, but shyt, he kills that role.

Kima's girlfriend is fukking terrible.

Mouzzone is clearly a case of the writers having too much fun on some inside joke shyt. His character is so over the top he starts to seem like a cartoon.

Nicky aka the dollar store version of Ben Affleck was a weak actor.

Landsman had some beastly ass monlogues, the writing was pitch perfect and so was his delivery.

Bodie was great, Poot was eh. I thought D was was hit or miss.

Bunk was up there with Avon for me. He killed nearly all his scenes.

Frankie Faison aka the landlord from Coming to America aka Burrell was very one-note. Exaggerated his mouth movements and said buy and bust and no surprises with over the top emphasis. He got tired fast.

I thought Carver was wack for the most part.

Loved Norman in his role.

Could never get past how ridiculous Orlando looked to take him seriously.

Cutty had some strong moments, but there were too many times when he would rely on making his eyes big and he started to resemble some kind of frog-ape.

Bunny was terrific. His #2 in command was atrocious (yeah, I know he was a "real" person, but he was an abysmal actor).

Oh, fukk, yeah, the worst actor might've been the dude who rode the boat with McNulty. Dude's acting was pathetic.

Loved that the Deacon was an OG in real life, but his acting was trashola.

Sherrod was garbage.

Squeak and Bernard sucked too. nikka Bernard looked like a lame version of Kurupt.

I enjoyed Fredro Starr as Bird.

 

[beanz]

I've watched every season at least 7 times (long story) with the exception of season 5, which I watched twice and threw in the bushes... So I've thought about this a lot.

Anyone pretending Meth can act... That's on you. Dude becomes more unbearable with each viewing.

Ziggy is painful too watch, and not because the actor did him so well, nor because he was shytty. The character was written poorly, in my opinion.

Avon owns every scene he's in. I know Wood Harris has played that same character (or a slight variation of him) a couple times, but shyt, he kills that role.

Kima's girlfriend is fukking terrible.

Mouzzone is clearly a case of the writers having too much fun on some inside joke shyt. His character is so over the top he starts to seem like a cartoon.

Nicky aka the dollar store version of Ben Affleck was a weak actor.

Landsman had some beastly ass monlogues, the writing was pitch perfect and so was his delivery.

Bodie was great, Poot was eh. I thought D was was hit or miss.

Bunk was up there with Avon for me. He killed nearly all his scenes.

Frankie Faison aka the landlord from Coming to America aka Burrell was very one-note. Exaggerated his mouth movements and said buy and bust and no surprises with over the top emphasis. He got tired fast.

I thought Carver was wack for the most part.

Loved Norman in his role.

Could never get past how ridiculous Orlando looked to take him seriously.

Cutty had some strong moments, but there were too many times when he would rely on making his eyes big and he started to resemble some kind of frog-ape.

Bunny was terrific. His #2 in command was atrocious (yeah, I know he was a "real" person, but he was an abysmal actor).

Oh, fukk, yeah, the worst actor might've been the dude who rode the boat with McNulty. Dude's acting was pathetic.

Loved that the Deacon was an OG in real life, but his acting was trashola.

Sherrod was garbage.

Squeak and Bernard sucked too. nikka Bernard looked like a lame version of Kurupt.

I enjoyed Fredro Starr as Bird.

pretty much agreed with every line.

mouzone had to be the worst character for me. way too over the top. the feared killa from NY being a little bow tie muslim with just 1 dude watching his back?

now if they had brought in a small team of killers, like say 2 or 3 dudes, and have them go to war with omar. it woulda been much more realistic and more entertaining.

shyt there is no reason to believe ANYBODY couldnt have killed brother mouzone. i dont understand how everybody was like "he calling in brother?"

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Nobody mentioned Slim Charles??? He reminds me of Master P in "Last Don"

 

[beanz]

Nobody mentioned Slim Charles??? He reminds me of Master P in "Last Don"

i think the slim charles actor was mehh but i think he was a real bmore dude or something so i give him a pass. i never seen him in anything else.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

i think the slim charles actor was mehh but i think he was a real bmore dude or something so i give him a pass. i never seen him in anything else.

yea, he a real street dude...man, I know he was only in like 2 eps but how did everyone forget Ashy Larry playing the driver for Clay Davis.... If I didn't know someone like Campbell & D'Agostino, I wouldn't believe their characters either

 

[beanz]

yea, he a real street dude...man, I know he was only in like 2 eps but how did everyone forget Ashy Larry playing the driver for Clay Davis.... If I didn't know someone like Campbell & D'Agostino, didn't I wouldn't believe their characters either

i forgot about ashy larry

that scene when he describes to daniels how he scopes houses before breaking in to them

 

[ChatGPT-5]

D'Angelo was awful. Seemed so out of place, I didn't believe he was from the area one bit.

 

[boskey]

"MONEY BE GREEN. MONEY FEEL LIKE MONEY"

I thought Deangelo was cool but I cringed the first time I heard him say that. White people always fukk up the "be" when they are trying to write ebonics

 

[JayYoung314]

I've watched every season at least 7 times (long story) with the exception of season 5, which I watched twice and threw in the bushes... So I've thought about this a lot.

id really like 2 know why and how you watched all seasons 7 times. seems a bit preposterous

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

id really like 2 know why and how you watched all seasons 7 times. seems a bit preposterous

it's really not tbh....I've watched each about 5x's and every time I see something I didn't notice or interpret something a bit different than previous viewings....it really is levels to that the show

 

[61 Corpses]

D'Angelo was awful. Seemed so out of place, I didn't believe he was from the area one bit.

Funny thing is dude is actually from West Baltimore
And i thought dude is a good actor. That scene D'angelo had in jail about the Great Gatsby was deep
Also his scene in the interragation room with McNulty and Bunk about all of the dead bodies and Wallace. D may have been a clown, but dude was a good actor.

 

[Walt]

id really like 2 know why and how you watched all seasons 7 times. seems a bit preposterous

One of my people worked at HBO at the time, so I got seasons 1-4 in advance. I used to sit through those seasons with different people who were fiending to watch at the time. I was always trying to put more people on the show so I binge watched with 3 different girlfriends. Also helped teach a class on the show. All of that shyt added up. Didn't get Season 5 in advance because my homie no longer worked there, and I thought it was weak anyway, so I've only seen it twice.

 

[Walt]

pretty much agreed with every line.

mouzone had to be the worst character for me. way too over the top. the feared killa from NY being a little bow tie muslim with just 1 dude watching his back?

now if they had brought in a small team of killers, like say 2 or 3 dudes, and have them go to war with omar. it woulda been much more realistic and more entertaining.

shyt there is no reason to believe ANYBODY couldnt have killed brother mouzone. i dont understand how everybody was like "he calling in brother?"

Yeah, dude pulled me out of the show multiple times, made me hyper aware I was watching a work of fiction. At its strong points, The Wire made me feel the complete opposite, so that was disappointing. When he teamed up with Omar to kill String... First time I watched it was a little goofy, but fun enough. But each time I've rewatched it's some goofy comic book shyt. Same with their meeting in the alley.

"MONEY BE GREEN. MONEY FEEL LIKE MONEY"

I thought Deangelo was cool but I cringed the first time I heard him say that. White people always fukk up the "be" when they are trying to write ebonics

Yeah, horrible moment for that reason. The actor who played D excelled at portraying his emotional fragility, but sucked at selling his street cred. His ebonics was consistently a little bit off.

I know a lot of people eat the first scene of Season I up, but It makes me cringe for the same reason the "money be green" shyt does. The nikka's rant about Snot seems way too contrived.

 

[hotbeezie]

This nikka

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