Comments on: Alternate Current: Hanging on The Wire http://www.popcultureshock.com/alternate-current-hanging-on-the-wire/43406/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:05:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Michael Darby http://www.popcultureshock.com/alternate-current-hanging-on-the-wire/43406/comment-page-1/#comment-330175 Michael Darby Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:05:14 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/alternate-current-hanging-on-the-wire/43406/#comment-330175 Big up David! I've been hooked on the Wire since the last 3 episodes of season two. Its unfortunate the lack of attention paid to the intelligent writing, incredible acting, and realistic storyline. I think Fader recently made a good point citing that any praise by the mainstream media of the show would acknowledge the factualness in the problems cited by the show. Rather than pay homage and respect to such a powerful piece of art people have chosen to turn a blind eye to the series just as they have the problems in Baltimore and many other cities across America. I think the underlying theme of both the Wire and the works of Bendis, Brubaker, etc. is art over entertainment. Most people want to sit down and be entertained anything to take them away from their own reality. While art takes a certain amount of investment whether that be emotional or mental. Unfortunately if you look at all facets of media right now, entertainment is snipping at the power of artistic prowess. We now have horrible music whose only intent is to make us shake our ass, shitty television thats allowed writing to disappear in the mist of reality tv nausea, and comics going the way of quick pay offs through the use of silly crossovers and sillier plots and ideas. As consumers, intelligent consumers i might add, we need to bring art back to the forefront of every industry, its not that art and entertainment can't coexist its just that it takes a certain amount of investment to appreciate the mixture. I like these Alternate Currents...thanks a lot. Big up David! I’ve been hooked on the Wire since the last 3 episodes of season two. Its unfortunate the lack of attention paid to the intelligent writing, incredible acting, and realistic storyline. I think Fader recently made a good point citing that any praise by the mainstream media of the show would acknowledge the factualness in the problems cited by the show. Rather than pay homage and respect to such a powerful piece of art people have chosen to turn a blind eye to the series just as they have the problems in Baltimore and many other cities across America.

I think the underlying theme of both the Wire and the works of Bendis, Brubaker, etc. is art over entertainment.

Most people want to sit down and be entertained anything to take them away from their own reality. While art takes a certain amount of investment whether that be emotional or mental. Unfortunately if you look at all facets of media right now, entertainment is snipping at the power of artistic prowess. We now have horrible music whose only intent is to make us shake our ass, shitty television thats allowed writing to disappear in the mist of reality tv nausea, and comics going the way of quick pay offs through the use of silly crossovers and sillier plots and ideas.

As consumers, intelligent consumers i might add, we need to bring art back to the forefront of every industry, its not that art and entertainment can’t coexist its just that it takes a certain amount of investment to appreciate the mixture.

I like these Alternate Currents…thanks a lot.

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