ive been in this fine city for 5 years and i have never set foot in a free library…do they have the wire there?

absolutely…there was this guy that i was slowly becoming friends with. funny, smart cool…and then one day he said he hated Blades of Glory.

he is now dead to me.

Eddie Izzard is the MAN… or woman… with his cross dressing a$$

I give the Princess mad props for the “cram to understand” line. Good shyt.

Hahahahahahaha!!!!
This whole thread is funny and SO true!!

“its not a show about cops and dealers and gangstas. its a show about a city, a show that uncompromisingly shows all parts of that city, from how nclb (no child left behind) affects teaching to what happens to a person when they try to single-handedly “reform” a panoramic institution. ”

Champster, Im not trying to bust your chops but this is the dinner party synopsis of the wire….really smart (and well stated) banter between you and roger ebert.

For most black people not living under a rock and close to major metropolitian or very rural areas, black kids have been left behind probably since post segregation w/ brown v. board. Local black leaders have been seduced, paraded and played since Marion Berry (and much by his very own sober co-sinage)

but the colt 45 back alley version, is that this is all entertainment. HBO found their pot of gold in every day urban themes. Never once did I here that the Wire plugged money back into the local bmore economy, that they revitalized some of the homes they used on location, that they turned the sound stage into a charter school for kids. They turned on their cameras and told black urban american stories (that have been told before) in baltimore..end scene.

But i could be wrong. I’ve decided this weekend I will watch 1 episode, perhaps suffer through Brianna’s bad shoes, and see if i get the grand awakening.

(Hahhaaa, sorry I’m on an Eddie Izzard kick at the moment.)