The New Pandemic

Margaret Talbot's New Yorker article about David Simon and The Wire is must-reading for any Wire fan. The second page even lets us know what the politically relevant successor to WMD and pandemic will be.

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You missed the biggest bit of Wire news, which is that David Simon has been hanging out in NOLA and wants to do a show about the recovery.

Posted by Nicholas Beaudrot | October 15, 2007 2:30 PM

Also worth noting is the "Street Oscar" that Andre Royo won.

Posted by Trevor | October 15, 2007 2:56 PM

"Greenhouse Gas" is nice, but I'm surprised it wasn't "Hurricane" or "Katrina".

Posted by Nicholas Beaudrot | October 15, 2007 3:05 PM

From the article:

Gbenga Akinnagbe, the actor who plays a drug dealer’s henchman named Chris Partlow...

This explains so much.

Posted by WillieStyle | October 15, 2007 3:33 PM

Would David Simon be eligible for a Nobel Prize in Literature for The Wire? I honestly can't think of anyone more deserving right now.

Posted by Zach | October 15, 2007 4:03 PM

Speaking of "authenticity," wasn't the brother of the actor who plays Slim Charles murdered over the summer?

Posted by ogged | October 15, 2007 4:24 PM

The new pandemic is, of course, hoof and mouth disease.

Does anyone remember 9/11? One of the concerns shortly after that was an attack on our food supply. Specifically, diseases like anthrax or (more likely) hoof and mouth. Now, apparently, there's concern that an actual outbreak may be happening.

If it is, get your bulk meat purchase in EARLY.

Posted by Jeffrey Davis | October 15, 2007 4:36 PM

haha.....when I read that headline and saw PANDEMIC I immediately thought of "got that pandemic!", guess The Wire owns that word now.

Posted by Dan | October 15, 2007 5:00 PM

Ogged for the win!

DC's Mean Streets.

Posted by Nicholas Beaudrot | October 15, 2007 5:55 PM

My favorite drug name: "Plymouth Rock".

Posted by laborlibert | October 15, 2007 7:47 PM