I'm watching the 1st season of The Wire and I just got done watching the episode where DeAngelo teaches the younger kids chess. I was blown away! I had to watch it a couple times to really pick up on it, but did you guys realize that when he was teaching them about the chess pieces, he was really referring to THEM being the pawns! What an incredible metaphor!
It was so deep and meaningful, I am amazed by the symbolism of this.
Do the later seasons continue on with such masterful symbolism? This was truly the pinnacle of storytelling that I have ever seen on a television show, and I think I can confidently say The Wire is the best show ever made without even having seen the entire series.
Also the acting is amazing. Idris Elba and Dominic West do a great job with their Baltimore accents.
>>63390170
epic post
upvoted 12 times
Do I detect some sarcasm
>>63390170
Expecting young African American pharmaceutical entrepreneurs to waste time on complicated metaphors. They have more important things to do.
>>63390170
>Idris Elba and Dominic West do a great job with their Baltimore accents.
Wait, you mean they aren't from Baltimore?!
>>63390216
Is that an Elf?
>>63390264
Apparently not. But you would never know.
>>63390170
The chess scene isn't even the interesting part of that.
The interesting thing about that scene is the one guy who's a main minor character (Wallace I think) in that scene being taught chess is killed in the same fashion as the pawn that he idolizes. In the scene where he's killed he only moves forward and shoots at a diagonal, and iirc he's taken out by a guy who flanks him from behind like a knight. Because pawns only move forward he's caught unaware.
>>63390531
Jesus Christ. Wirefags go to such lengths to make this show seem deep.
>>63390170
For as good as a pasta this is it never gets me as much as Banksy fans.
>http://thefindmag.com/art/art-banksys-fatal-flaw/
Reading those comments man.
> Don't get me wrong you have made awesome comments about his style of work but how on earth does banksy not deal with the complexities of life? do you even understand what the majority of his artwork is about? He is hitting the complexities of life head on and bringing light and awareness to political situations and the unfairness of authorities in the world today. Its a shame how much attention banksy has garnered?! How even dare you? Grafitti is the most honest and least elitist way to bring art into the world and you say its a shame? your ridiculous!
Is he the Nolan of the art world?
>>63390170
Amazing review.
>>63390597
Aww was the show 2deep4u?
It's not even that hard to piece together Jesus Christ.
The show taught me a lot about life on the streets to be honest, and I really appreciate it for that.
>>63390170
almost like its a deliberately obvious metaphor that an under educated drug dealer would come up with
or should he be quoting marx and drawing parallels between the proletariat and the corner boys?
>>63390732
So deep.
>this nigger walked left, then turned right! just like a Knight!
>that nigger walked in a straight line! just like Rook!
>this other nigger walked diagonally across the street! just like a Bishop!
>OMG! ITS SOO DEEP!
>I figured out the sekret code of The Wire!
>>63390842
This
>>63390818
and life on the down low
>>63390842
furthermore, its clear he doesn't even see the parallels between chess and the game until bodie and wallace start pointing them out.
>>63390881
this t b h
nigga got shot because he fucked up. muh epic chess metaphor doesn't make the scene any deeper
Most underrated Wire death coming through. Fuck spoiled bitches.
>>63390818
Except for the fact that its portrayal of "the streets" was completely inaccurate.
It must be great living in your moms basement and thinking "Omar comin!" and Brother Mouzone are an accurate reflection of "the streets"
>>63390926
and politics too
>>63390982
BIG
>>63390982
I always wondered. That has to be a stunt dick right? Some sort of prosthetic?
>>63390818
Niggas be jus az smart an sheeit.
Yu jus gotta be slainin dem dat maff in wayz dey be understanin
Dey geenyuses wiff maff as long as it revolve round drugs an sheeit
dey just like us, jus darker skin.....
>>63390881
>missing the point badly
>>63391033
it's a really obvious fake in the next frame but it's no surprise that Simon perpetuated the myth of the BBC.
>>63390962
boy ain't pretty no more
>>63390170
How many times are you going to post this thread? have you nothing better to do
>>63390966
And you would know, right?
>>63390881
He's right though, these goofy little allusions are fine to mock but they're more like cheap easter eggs and have nothing to do with the substantial content people cite when they praise the show
>>63390170
>OP doesn't know the difference between a metaphor and a comparison
You'd think people would at least finish middle school before posting...
Do easy to bash something when you forget about the burden of proof. Go ahead OP, give us all a list of shows with more subtle yet potent metaphors.
Go ahead.
Didn't think so you contrarian cunt, stop shitposting.
>>63390531
i think you mean Bodie
>>63392245
So^ . Fucks sake
>>63390170
> watch The Wire
> Omar comin', yo!
> Omar is gay
> think that it's just a bullshit SJW tactic
> find out that the guy Omar was based on was really gay
> mfw there was a butt pirate running around Ballinmore Murderland robbing the fuck out of drug dealers
>>63390531
i never actually realized this, but you're right. when bodie and poot kill wallace they are facing a corner where wallace is standing
epic pottery. lucas would be proud
>>63392335
>implying 75% of niggers arent gay on the down low in the first place
Niggers engage in buttsex all the time. Hence the ridiculous disparity in rates of AIDS in the black "community".
Great show, but vastly overrated by cheesy white hipsters because its a nigger show.
>>63390597
I think he was a just wrapping a major spoiler around some bullshit in order to fuck with the person busting on the show, f am.
>>63390966
>Except for the fact that its portrayal of "the streets" was completely inaccurate.
Shut up, you dumb faggot. You aren't from the fucking streets. Those cartoon characters aside, I think a former cop and a former journalist would have a pretty good idea what those streets are like. Those realities are likely just wrapped in a dramatic story, you stupid dick suck.
>>63390170
this is shit pasta
>>63391033
No, she was literally sucking the actual dick of the Science Teacher from Gremlins.
>>63390170
I know it's pasta but what the fuck else would you expect from a ghetto nigger to come up with? At least it's not Hannibal like that where every fucking serial killer is an artist.
>>63390678
fun fact
his daughter is in one of my classes this semester at uni.
okay i'm triggered.
please, people who don't like the wire, please please give me better recommendations. you're probably right, there's probably a goldmine of television series that are so quality that they make this television show look like what it really is: just a bunch of try-hard, liberal propaganda.
and for the record, pointing out a metaphor doesn't negate it's importance. there is nothing in any post i've seen that makes it seem hackneyed. but I'm probably just some nigger
the wire is overall a good show, but yeah, some of the scenes try a little bit too hard to make their point. like these lines:
"this isn't a drug war: wars end."
or
"no one wins, just one side loses more slowly."
sounds like some epic lines that david simon thought of and just had to include. these preachy lines break my immersion but overall it's still a great show.
>>63395242
I think the first quote is good, it kind of speaks to the overarching theme of the show.
but yeah, that shit presbo said was dumb as fuck, I think that's the general consensus on that whole scene
>>63395319
it was said by presbo...
the man who emptied two clips into his own car
>>63390597
bitch i will beat the fuck outta u and shoot the shit outta u…on mommies my nigga fr fr
>>63394743
This faggot thinks there are actually 5'3" Carlton Banks motherfuckers walking around the hood scaring people..........
>be me
>watch the first 3 episodes of the wire
>oh shit, court proceedings
>this show is going to be really interesting
>I love law and order and The West Wing
>get to the hood
>aw fuck are we in for some hollywood ghetto action shit
>D'angelo starts teaching the little ones how to play chess
>realize the crazy allegorical implications of the chess pieces and the gang organization
>realize this show is deep and patrician as fuck
>watch the rest of the series in the next 3 days
pic related; my favorite beer
also omar is the best character in the whole series lol
>>63397335
What's your favorite line in the series? Mine's
>You know what the most dangerous thing in America is, right? Nigger with a library card
Damn.
Bubbles had the best story.
>>63397505
Yea nigga. Dey jus be needin mo money fo dem programs an sheeeit
>>63397291
No one fucks with the nation of islam niggas.
>>63390818
Oh god, don't do this though. This is fiction and should only be for entertainment, even if the creators say their purpose is to teach people. Never believe anything in tv shows or movies about true life stuff, especially if it says its based on a true stories. Same goes for documentaries they are full of lies, not even half truths, lies. because the people behind the camera are storytellers trying to sell their film to hbo they're not scientists.
>>63397888
Confirmed for never living in, or spending any time in the "hood".
The brother Mouzone character was fucking laughable and so far removed from reality it literally put a stain on whatever other good shit the show did.
Nation of Islam niggers are at BEST, tolerated in the hood, and often times beat up and run off the block because the hood niggers dont want to listen to their shit. They are nothing more than a source of comedy for the average nigger in the hood and to try and portray some sawed off midget talking like a Scrabble contestant as pimping and scaring niggers in the hood is beyond ridiculous to anyone who has ever actually lived in a shitty nigger hood.
