tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post2895147483470526366..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: West Baltimore vs. West BeverlyAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-83024358761121281052008-05-08T19:01:00.000-04:002008-05-08T19:01:00.000-04:00What is "The Wire"?What is "The Wire"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51279139516352462612008-05-08T02:47:00.000-04:002008-05-08T02:47:00.000-04:00I've caught a few "Different World" reruns on BET ...I've caught a few "Different World" reruns on BET last couple weeks- and forgot- Glynn Turman- played "Professor War" or whatever the army guy teacher's real name was in 1988- became Mayor RoyceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-34126669833939674082008-05-07T15:23:00.000-04:002008-05-07T15:23:00.000-04:00More disconcerting than seeing actors from The Wir...More disconcerting than seeing actors from The Wire pop up in different is hearing Idris Elba (Stringer Bell) and Dominic West (McNulty) talking with their own British accents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1960370105589461312008-05-06T13:17:00.000-04:002008-05-06T13:17:00.000-04:00I was just talking about this with a coworker who ...I was just talking about this with a coworker who loves the The Wire, to whom I recommended OZ. Those of us who have been Tom Fontana/David Simon fans for a long time have been through this experience a few times, now - Homicide to Oz to The Wire...and you have to add to that the Law & Order piece of it, since those shows pull from the same NY based talent pool. It's when they start showing up in things that aren't gritty northeast dramas that I freak a bit - like seeing Lance Reddick show up on Lost (he will always be the Fakin' Jamaican from OZ to me)BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201931861156327859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2968664197984841732008-05-06T12:55:00.000-04:002008-05-06T12:55:00.000-04:00You know what? I was half-goofing around with this...You know what? I was half-goofing around with this entry, but you guys have convinced me that Wilds headlining the "90210" remake is a good thing for him, for TV, and potentially for "The Wire" itself.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-12442314839778979282008-05-06T09:51:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:51:00.000-04:00I think the rule should be that they shouldn't be ...I think the rule should be that they shouldn't be allowed to do schlock and that the entertainment industry in recognition of their demonstrated talents must only offer them good parts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-58300085636440087882008-05-06T08:36:00.000-04:002008-05-06T08:36:00.000-04:00Broadening this thought a bit wider than The Wire,...Broadening this thought a bit wider than The Wire, I think sometimes actors hit it just right with certain characters and then no matter what they do, if you really connected with what they were doing in that role, you always see them through that lens.<BR/><BR/>I don't care so much about Paulie Walnuts intimidating restaurant employees, he's just trying to parlay his Sopranos fame into a retirement plan.<BR/><BR/>Rome is a similar example to The Wire for me. I still miss it because I think it had at leats one more season in it, and I still see Kevin McKidd as Vorenus, James Purefoy as Mark Antony, Polly Walker as Atia. Ciaran Hinds will forever be Caesar to my husband. <BR/><BR/>I've made a concerted effort to seek out their previous work, much of it of course period Brit lit type of material and see it all through the lens of who they were in Rome, because their protrayals were so definitive. <BR/><BR/>I'm still trying to work out in my head Bedrooms and Hallways with McKidd and Purefoy overlayed with Mark Anthony's death scene.KLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467293647066420525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-45837165738759039072008-05-06T01:08:00.000-04:002008-05-06T01:08:00.000-04:00I had previously thought of Michael K. Williams as...I had previously thought of Michael K. Williams as the guy from Jackie Jr.'s so-called safe house right before he got shot on "The Sopranos"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-42270597643403389762008-05-05T18:19:00.000-04:002008-05-05T18:19:00.000-04:00Whoops -- sure looked like what I remember grown-u...Whoops -- sure looked like what I remember grown-up Daley looks like. Now it's going to bug me -- who was he? The nice-guy hostage-taker in The Nine? You're going to make me do research. <BR/><BR/>See, that's the whole difference between journalists and bloggers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-9852549987503407942008-05-05T17:24:00.000-04:002008-05-05T17:24:00.000-04:00Am I the only one who hasn't completely forgotten ...Am I the only one who hasn't completely forgotten about Mayor Royce when he was on In Treatment as Blair Underwood's father? Would you rob the world of that kind of performance just to keep your memory of a show (now available on DVD...) encased in amber?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-13465834183457989142008-05-05T17:23:00.000-04:002008-05-05T17:23:00.000-04:00I loved those actors (as well as the characters) S...I loved those actors (as well as the characters) So Much that I have the opposite reaction. I want to see them all over the place, commercials and all. They were, as a groups, some of the best actors I've ever seen, and they can only bring respect to the shows they appear on in future. I just want the roles to be worthy of them, you know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-16365020201894577962008-05-05T17:01:00.000-04:002008-05-05T17:01:00.000-04:00There was an episode of New Amsterdam that had bot...There was an episode of New Amsterdam that had both Clay Davis AND Frank Sobotka. WRONG CITY!!! WRONG CITY!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-86930549083209450632008-05-05T16:31:00.000-04:002008-05-05T16:31:00.000-04:00I don't mind it when the actors are in something g...I don't mind it when the actors are in something good. And I find it hilarious when Clay Davis is informing his children that he was "hosed" after he got them new phones.<BR/><BR/>But I hate seeing them in bad movies or shows. I was watching Shanghai Knights on Sunday on TNT or TBS or something. I hadn't seen it, but Tommy Carcetti was the bad guy trying to kill the queen. It bugged me.<BR/><BR/>Lance Reddick, however, is going to be great on Lost. I can't wait until Matthew Abaddon gets more screen time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51807741006075071192008-05-05T16:30:00.000-04:002008-05-05T16:30:00.000-04:00I think I was pretty inoculated to Whitlock, thoug...I think I was pretty inoculated to Whitlock, though, what with his eleven guest spots (that's what IMDB says, but it seems like more) on various "Law & Order" shows over the years.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092217234287469255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-38894463312228239182008-05-05T16:29:00.000-04:002008-05-05T16:29:00.000-04:00When I first started watching The Wire (around the...When I first started watching The Wire (around the same time Simmons did: HBO On Demand before Season 4 started), I had the exact same feeling towards all the characters I knew from Oz. Clayton Hughes, Kenny Kangler, Johnny Basil, the evil Martin Querns; I was distraught by their very presence. Now I'm the same way with most Wire characters ESPECIALLY The Wendell 'The Bunk' Pierce and Isaiah Whitlock, sheeeeeeeeit. Hell, anytime Pierce appears on any CBS show he randomly but consistently shows up on, I keep wondering where his everpresent cigar is and good-humored demeanor fled.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I started watching Oz because a brand new character to Lost was so awesome, I just had to see his previous work. Ekobisi and Mercutio led me to Oz, Clayton Hughes and Bodie not being another crappy Wangler led to The Wire, and now Lance Reddick's haunting my Lost screen and Governor Devlin is getting *spoilered* by a *spoiler* (which is the best thing an Oz fan could have ever hoped for... if only it was an Eko or Michael flashback).<BR/><BR/>So yeah, I've come full circle. Where's The Wire fandom lead to next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-60869321510626929472008-05-05T16:17:00.000-04:002008-05-05T16:17:00.000-04:00The most disturbing one for me is the editor at th...The most disturbing one for me is the editor at the Sun, Klebanow, breaking into a song and dance routine in a Mohegan Sun commercial. Its hysterical.alm8319https://www.blogger.com/profile/11476618103556329664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-80089336975652448622008-05-05T15:42:00.000-04:002008-05-05T15:42:00.000-04:00(Daley, of course, being of Freaks & Geeks, not Th...<I>(Daley, of course, being of Freaks & Geeks, not The Wire. But the principle still applies, I think.)</I><BR/><BR/>Except that wasn't Daley on Grey's. He's otherwise employed as the shrink on Bones. Don't know who the expecting father was, but it wasn't Sam Weir.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-66868067877662634822008-05-05T15:36:00.000-04:002008-05-05T15:36:00.000-04:00I don't mind "The Wire" actors being cast in other...I don't mind "The Wire" actors being cast in other roles simply for the fact that maybe people seeing them in those roles will turn them onto The Wire. ie. someone see's Amy Ryan's guest role on the upcoming Office episode and check's out here previous work on imdb and notices "The Wire", which Michael Scott just referenced in a previous Office episode. Anything that creates more exposure for "The Wire", I'm all for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-54809189888668625272008-05-05T15:35:00.000-04:002008-05-05T15:35:00.000-04:00(Daley, of course, being of Freaks & Geeks, not Th...(Daley, of course, being of Freaks & Geeks, not The Wire. But the principle still applies, I think.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-56615086776714743072008-05-05T15:34:00.000-04:002008-05-05T15:34:00.000-04:00I was a little weirded out when I saw Idris Elba o...I was a little weirded out when I saw Idris Elba on the ads at the train station for some family-drama movie, but John Francis Daley as the overly-optimistic dad on Thursday's Grey's Anatomy really did me in. And Dominic West was just awful in 300. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile Dominic Lombardozzi as Dom in Entourage -- Herc is an ass on both coasts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-21202593671548881902008-05-05T15:23:00.000-04:002008-05-05T15:23:00.000-04:00Am I the only one excited about this? I think it's...Am I the only one excited about this? I think it's terrific news! Finally, the lily-white CW network has cast an African-American actor in a leading role in one of its series. Quite a breakthrough for diversity. This will be the most multi-cultural cast of any teen drama.<BR/><BR/>There are rumors that the CW is in talks with Sachs and Judah (Freaks & Geeks, Life as We Know it, What about Brian) to rewrite Rob Thomas's draft script and take over the project.<BR/><BR/>I expect 90210 will generate a lot of buzz and the heart throb appeal of Tristan Wilds may introduce a new audience (particularly youth) to The Wire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-38295376898888020512008-05-05T14:58:00.000-04:002008-05-05T14:58:00.000-04:00It's true for most TV actors after a "hit" series ...It's true for most TV actors after a "hit" series ends. (or a critical darling in The Wire's case) Look at Friends' and Seinfeld's stars relative lack of success, and those were mega-hits.<BR/><BR/>Have you heard those rumors about Katee Sackhoff joining CSI next year? Eww what a waste it would be.Mrglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904825729610838862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44141797323532272892008-05-05T14:50:00.000-04:002008-05-05T14:50:00.000-04:00Even if I still see everybody as Wire characters, ...Even if I still see everybody as Wire characters, there is still a lot of satisfaction seeing characters in places you never would expect them. Though "I Think I Love my Wife" was a subpar film, my hour and half devoted to it was saved by Michael K. Williams and Wendell Pierce. I actually yelled Bunk when Pierce showed up for a quick second. Someone in casting is a Wire fan like me and that made my day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35217652571756263002008-05-05T14:49:00.000-04:002008-05-05T14:49:00.000-04:00I welcome any opportunity for the great actors fro...I welcome any opportunity for the great actors from The Wire to continue their acting careers. <BR/>One of the things that I was so sad about when the show ended was the idea that we would have so few opportunities to see these wonderful performers. Sure - there's always guest spots on Law & Order, but I think it's great that some of the actors are branching out in other genres. <BR/>So I'm glad for Tristan Wilds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44075101149950171742008-05-05T14:29:00.000-04:002008-05-05T14:29:00.000-04:00While it's fun to indulge in the whole, "The Wire ...While it's fun to indulge in the whole, "The Wire and its actors never get enough credit" schtick, I'm confident that with time, this series will receive its due recognition. <BR/><BR/>Right now, there is still an insider mentality for Wire fans who feel privileged (and smarter/more in touch with urban America) that they were witnesses to the greatest TV drama of all time, while everyone else was watching American Idol.<BR/><BR/>I started a new job in November and no one I worked with had seen the show. Now the entire office are die-hard fans and they pass along the Wire secret to everyone they know. The show's greatness will be fully realized with time, but for now we can continue to bemoan seeing Lance Reddick in commercials for Cadillac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com