Message from the Writing Staff of “The Wire”
In this passionate open letter to Americans, writing staff of “The Wire” point out some of the obvious flaws with the drug war, and make a suggestion of what the average, broke, well-meaning American can do to help. The authors do suggest that perhaps the role of TV writer is not the best suited for social commentary. I wholeheartedly disagree. If there is a better suited role than the most universal form of American entertainment to shed light on an issue, I’d love to hear it. Obviously this can go wrong, in the form of Fox News, for example, but when it goes right, I’ll be damned if it isn’t spectacular.
As an avid “The Wire” enthusiast, I was excited to read this. It wasn’t too surprising, however, given the nature of the show, to learn of their opinions on the matter. Regardless, I think it could be a very beneficial, and perhaps enlightening, read to the less “involved” in our culture.
Without further ado: The Wire’s War on the Drug War
Tags: drug war, legalization, marijuana scheduling, stoner culture, the law, The Wire, washington
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 am
Agreed, The Wire is the most important (and well-done) social commentary to come along in years and years… I do miss it. Simon’s new show, Treme, is pretty good too.