March 24, 2011
laphamsquarterly: The genius of The Wire lies in its sheer size and scope, its slow layering of complexity which could not have been achieved in any other way but the serial format. Dickens is often praised for his portrayal not merely of a set of characters and their lives, but of the setting as a character: the city itself an antagonist. Yet in The Wire, Bodymore is a far more intricate and compelling character than London in Dickens’ hands; The Wire portrays society to such a degree of realism and intricacy that A Tale of Two Cities—or any other story—can hardly compare. To say we’re in love with this take on The Wire as a 19th century serialized novel is a bit of an understatement. Of course, we’ve got plenty of the original Dickensian aspect in our archives. This rules.

laphamsquarterly:

The genius of The Wire lies in its sheer size and scope, its slow layering of complexity which could not have been achieved in any other way but the serial format. Dickens is often praised for his portrayal not merely of a set of characters and their lives, but of the setting as a character: the city itself an antagonist. Yet in The Wire, Bodymore is a far more intricate and compelling character than London in Dickens’ hands; The Wire portrays society to such a degree of realism and intricacy that A Tale of Two Cities—or any other story—can hardly compare.

To say we’re in love with this take on The Wire as a 19th century serialized novel is a bit of an understatement. Of course, we’ve got plenty of the original Dickensian aspect in our archives.

This rules.

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