Performances from The Wire that you thought were wack

[trollol]

Wow. Interesting takes throughout this thread. For the Daniels fans...what was his signature moment? What scene of his was an emmy-worthy performance? The "This....is BULLshyt!" line has been posted and doesn't count lol.

I was gonna agree with Walt about the actor not doing a good job of portraying D'angelo's street cred but here's the thing about that. Dee was tough and confident around Poot, Bodie, & the Pit crew. They were just shorties to him. But whenever he was around Wee-Bay, Stink & them, his demeanor changed to They were killers and he knew he wasn't. He caught a body but that was out of fear. His demeanor changed again around Avon to a mixture of and Plus D was not really about the life he lived. His heart wasn't cold enough. So in that regard the actor did a good job of showing his duality and inner conflict. I do have a problem with the wardrobe they used to dress him in. I know he was supposed to be a prettyboy but he always looked soft. I swear 1 time he was in the pit with some khaki's on and even had the khakis over his tims without the tongue exposed. Tims was tied up all tight. Mufukka looked like he had an IT job.

I never had a prob with Mouzone either. Not that the character Mouzone ever professed to be muslim or said or did anything pertaining to Islam, but I have on good authority the person who robbed Marbury at the traffic light years ago was a member of the nation. Mouzone style of dress, speech, and demeanor was just a ruse IMO. It added to his mystique and he used it to his advantage.

i agree...

D was SUPPOSED to be awkward as fukk with the slang and what not... like when he was trying to fukk sardene and he threw up the W

i thought D was one of the BEST actors actually... when he thought weebay was gonna kill him... the chess scene... the scene with stringer "where does all the money go"... wheres wallace at...

i prob know a few people like D in real life... and his portrayal seemed real to me

season 1 should've had acting noms for:
mcnulty - lead actor
deangelo, avon - supporting actor

 

[trollol]

also cool lester smooth is criminally underrated


this scene is also underrated as fukk, the buildup, the realization, the payoff

season 4 = goat season in tv history

too bad they fukked up season 5 though

 

[MostReal]

bubbles

dukie was a cornball

I despised bubbles everytime he came on screen just hated the character

D had a few cringe worthy scenes early in season 1 but after that he killed his role IMO

 

[Leonard Washington]

I love these Wire threads

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

I forgot about that napalm grade ether mcnulty gave brianna

 

[Ari Gold Bawse]

I forgot about that napalm grade ether mcnulty gave brianna

her soul left the building , remember watching it the first time like

the way he just swaggered off aswell never lost eye contact

those kind of conversations is why the wire is still GOAT

 

[hotbeezie]

Yo it's my first run through the wire and man its top 5 best series I've watch so far IMO.


I just finished season 4 and....

Spoiler: mayne!

This show is not afraid to kill of major characters...

Man when they killed wallace, that was some sad shyt.

Don't even get me started on when Kima got shot in season 1

When D'Angelo got got

Brotha Malzone shooting cheese like

I was dying.

Wee-Bey eating them murder charges like

The Avon finger wave

Cutty getting shot in the leg and almost murked

Mike beating the shyt out the lil hommie for playing Namond

Mike beating the shyt outta Namond

Omar and his schemes

"Two'll getcha 3"
"I got that Pandemic"
"Red Tops"


"O shyt, Omar comin' "

Prez pistol whipping a lil nikka blind for reckless shyt talking.

Why they kill Bodie like that

Clay Davis getting over on Stringer and Stinger getting mad cause he couldn't put a hit out on the nikka...

And Avon was like...
...

"You still a nikka"

Wee-Bey baby momma a damn hair hat hooligan how you gonna tell ya son to hit the block and sell drugs

Its so much more but this shyt right here lol

 

[ADLT]

nikka get the fukk out of here.
Betsy Brandt and Anna Gunn were better than any actresses on the show and Dean Norris, Aaron Paul, Gincarlo Esposito, Bryan Cranston are better than all of the main actors on there.
The show may be better which is still debatable but Breaking Bad had the best small ensemble of actors on TV.

lol anna gunn wack af

and its stupid to compare the acting on this show to bb. bb was comprised of pros, wire was a mix of pros and local talent

 

[Tony D'Amato]

I hated Kima. Don't know why

 

[Pifferry]

lol anna gunn wack af

and its stupid to compare the acting on this show to bb. bb was comprised of pros, wire was a mix of pros and local talent

Just because you hate Skyler White doesn't mean Anna Gunn was a weak actor
She's better than anyone in the wire and acted her ass off the entire show and anyone who knows anything about acting can see that.

 

[ADLT]

Just because you hate Skyler White doesn't mean Anna Gunn was a weak actor
She's better than anyone in the wire and acted her ass off the entire show and anyone who knows anything about acting can see that.

nah i can seperate the character from the actor

and there's at least 15 performances in the wire I'd place above her if i'm being generous

 

[Brofato]

I didn't have any problem with the character but cosign Chris Partlow. He didn't sound like a West Baltimore hitman he sounded like a Nigerian who grew up in Silver Spring Maryland to me

This is what I would think every time I heard him speak. Like he didn't grow up with them he just became Marlo's second in command.

I still loved his character though. It was noticeable enough to a point but not where I would be thrown out of the show or anything.

I especially liked the way he reassured people before he killed them.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

This is what I would think every time I heard him speak. Like he didn't grow up with them he just became Marlo's second in command.

I still loved his character though. It was noticeable enough to a point but not where I would be thrown out of the show or anything.

I especially liked the way he reassured people before he killed them.

Chris & Omar would have been an amazing duo..or even Chris vs Omar...both characters were so layered and seem like they had so much more to offer the world than what they gave.

Chris & Omar coulda been > Omar & Brother

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

I never liked Marlo. Mostly because of the actors performance. I get he was supposed to be cold but jeez the nikka seem like a zombie, having a touch more personally would been an improvement IMO.

he played a great sociopath. he showed -100 emotion..

like when he looked at Prop and was like "nobody fukks with me now"

 

[Da_Eggman]

Tarver was the worst regular IMO