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1. www.nytimes.com › 2022/05/31 › arts‘The Wire’ Creators, David Simon and Ed Burns, on the Show 20 ...

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   May 31, 2022 · David Simon and Ed Burns discuss the legacy of their seminal crime drama, and why the systemic decay it depicted has become only more profound. David Simon’s “The Wire” struggled to stay on ...

2. slate.com › news-and-politics › 2008An interview with David Simon of The Wire. - Slate Magazine

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   Jan 4, 2008 · The interview is reprinted below. The fourth season of HBO’s The Wire comes to an end next Sunday. A show of remarkable complexity, co-written by former Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon and ...

3. www.youtube.com › watchWe Talked To The Wire’s David Simon About The Writers Strike

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   May 12, 2023 · David Simon, the creator of The Wire, says he’s on strike to protect new generations of writers and make sure they aren’t exploited by studios. He also expla...

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4. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2020The Wire Forever: Creator David Simon on a New Quarantine ...

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   Apr 17, 2020 · April 17, 2020. A scene from The Wire. From RGR Collection/Alamy. As America went into coronavirus lockdown in March, HBO reported a surge in viewership for a number of its programs, including The ...

5. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2007/10/22David Simon and the Creation of “The Wire” | The New Yorker

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   Oct 14, 2007 · Margaret Talbot’s 2007 profile of the show’s creator, David Simon, with a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of “The Wire” ’s fifth season.

6. time.com › 6169177We Own This City: David Simon, George Pelecanos Interview - TIME

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   Apr 21, 2022 · 8 minute read. David Simon and George Pelecanos, two of the minds behind 'The Wire,' return to Baltimore for a new series based on a true story of corrupt crime fighting. Photo-illustration by ...

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   Is 'the wire' still a good show?

   • David Simon and Ed Burns discuss the legacy of their seminal crime drama, and why the systemic decay it depicted has become only more profound. David Simon’s “The Wire” struggled to stay on air during its run but has since been widely hailed as one of television’s greatest shows. Mark Sommerfeld for The New York Times

   ‘The Wire’ at 20: ‘This Show Will Live Forever’ - The New York

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   Does Simon have a feud on 'the wire'?

   • Evidence of Simon’s feuds often ends up on “The Wire.” In the fourth season, Simon introduced a highly unpleasant supervisor of the major-crimes unit—someone who is more than willing to close down any investigations that might embarrass politicians, and of whom a sergeant says, “He doesn’t cast off talent lightly.

   David Simon and the Creation of “The Wire” | The New Yorker

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   How did Simon & Earle meet in 'the wire'?

   • The two men met after Simon cast Earle in “The Wire,” as a scruffy twelve-step drug counsellor named Walon. For “The Wire,” Simon did not want music perpetually in the background; it had to come from something visible in a scene, like a boom box or a car with open windows.

   David Simon and the Creation of “The Wire” | The New Yorker

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   Why did Barry Levinson make 'Homicide' A TV show?

   • In 1991, the director Barry Levinson optioned Simon’s book “Homicide” for a television series. Simon was happy to receive a check, and hoped that the show would lead to more sales of his book, but he didn’t think it would change his life all that much. Then the show’s producers suggested that Simon try writing a script.

   David Simon and the Creation of “The Wire” | The New Yorker

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   Was 'the wire' a hit TV show?

   • This was not the stuff of hit TV: In real time, the show gained only a small, devoted audience and struggled to avoid cancellation. But over the years, “The Wire” became hailed as one of television’s greatest shows, even as the systemic decay it depicted became more pronounced in the eyes of its creators.

   ‘The Wire’ at 20: ‘This Show Will Live Forever’ - The New York

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   What happened since the wire?

   • Pelecanos: One thing that happened since The Wire is smartphones. The technology really made a difference. Everybody can record what’s going on in the streets, and people can’t lie as easily because it’s on record. [The officer who killed George Floyd] never would have been convicted without the footage from the iPhone.

   We Own This City: David Simon, George Pelecanos Interview - TIME

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8. www.npr.org › david-simon-unspooling-the-wireDavid Simon, Unspooling 'The Wire' - NPR

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   Mar 6, 2008 · The Wire 's season finale airs on March 9. David Simon, creator and executive producer of HBO's series The Wire, joins Fresh Air to talk about his career and the genesis of the show. Simon writes ...