Roush on The Wire
Question: Considering all the useless television we are being bombarded with at this time, your silence on
The Wire has been frustrating. What gives? (
Spoiler alert)
We've seen two great characters fall recently in Proposition Joe and Omar. I figured you would have at least had a write-up on them. Both deaths really stung, but
man! The fact that Omar was taken out without being allowed a "blaze of glory shootout" makes it all the more effective. Coincidentally, he was taken out by Kenard, who we first saw in the Season 3 episode "Dead Soldiers" at a homicide scene, shouting while playing with his friends that it was his turn "to be Omar" (David Simon confirmed this). All you can say to that is wow. Write about it while you can, Matt. They won't make shows like this anymore. This avid reader is hoping you will, at least, let it all out in a long review when the finale airs.
— Brandon
Matt Roush: I promise I'll be filing a tribute to
The Wire between now and next Sunday's airing of the final episode, which I haven't yet had time to watch in advance. (And don't worry, there will be no spoilers.) Bruce Fretts beat me to the punch with his
Cheer the day after the (
Retroactive spoiler alert) Omar shooting. Too bad that happened the night of the Oscars. Talk about Oscar-worthy TV! The fact that the
Baltimore Sun altogether missed the news value of Omar's killing spoke ironic volumes, and the final moment in the morgue, in which his name was even attached to the wrong body, makes a pretty strong argument that you probably don't even want to
die in the Baltimore that's presented in
The Wire.
