A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
---Roger Ebert
Some questions cannot be answered
Who’s gonna bury who
We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
---Over the Rhine
Anne Tyler likes The Wire ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012...yler-interview
Rather OT, and I know I've said this before, but any time I can catch a few seconds of Idris Elba I'm a happy camper.
I am crazy for that guy. English accent, Bmore accent, either way, whhhhooooeeeee.
In case your class needs a little levity:
"The Wire" gets mentioned around 2:45. Stick around to 4:30 for a Duke basketball reference.
Thanx for the rec. Hadn't seen it yet. I will add it to my small but growing library of Wire literature.
This week, I had lunch with my favorite student in the remix of the class. (Officially, I don't have favorites at all, but she asked me to come to talk to her inner city English class about language variation, and these kids really warmed to the really important material about language variation). At earliest, UMSL Wire Class 3.0 would occur in Spring 2015. 2016 is probably more likely. But I confided to her that I think I haven't done as good a job this time as I did the first in Spring 2012. She rejected that assessment, but I still don't know.
I just feel like if we do this a third time, I need to step my game up. It went SO WELL the first time, but even though I've added a lot more critical essays (since published), I'm just a step behind. Seminar classes and the chemistry therein? I don't know. We only have one class left. It's their gradskool presentations.
All this babbling is another way to say, I am extraordinarily lucky to be allowed to do this at all. My hope is to one day write a book about language in The Wire.
A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
---Roger Ebert
Some questions cannot be answered
Who’s gonna bury who
We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
---Over the Rhine
A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
---Roger Ebert
Some questions cannot be answered
Who’s gonna bury who
We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
---Over the Rhine
I recalled we have a The Wire expert on these boards. I'm re-watching right now and in Season 2, Episode 11 Omar and Stringer are having a parlay and in the background one of the 'muscle' is wearing a 21 Duke jersey. Season came out in 2003, probably filmed 2002. So, maybe a Duhon jersey? Langdon jersey? Neither have a connection to Baltimore that I'm aware of...definitely not a Bilas jersey! Any ideas?
And, are you still teaching the class? How was it received?