tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post343689273264044115..comments2023-04-30T07:27:54.645-07:00Comments on <b>HUNGRY GHOST BLOG</b>: If it was in The Guardian...David Chutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-9403623678686510662012-06-26T19:13:29.370-07:002012-06-26T19:13:29.370-07:00Longmire, OTOH, is Wallander in Wyoming.Longmire, OTOH, is Wallander in Wyoming.David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-49455636721618161852012-06-25T16:39:16.397-07:002012-06-25T16:39:16.397-07:00I'm halfway through the final (7th) season of ...I'm halfway through the final (7th) season of Homicide; sidetracked only by binging on season one of Revenge, which is like eating potato chips.<br /><br />I don't think the comparison quite works: Homicide is about cops, The Wire is about the system they are enmeshed in -- which it views in the largest possible civic/social sense.<br /><br />The effect of the job on McNulty's marriage in The Wire is vestigial; it's a nod to what people still expect on a TV cop show. The effect of the job on Pembleton's strong marriage on Homicide avoids winey-wife cliches and is real drama, not melodrama.<br /><br />Both shows are excellent. I'd say it depends on what kind of material you'd rather watch.David Chutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-57695390947228423452012-06-25T11:14:48.961-07:002012-06-25T11:14:48.961-07:00What do you, having just watched most of Homicide,...What do you, having just watched most of Homicide, think?Tulkinghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380273659057130770noreply@blogger.com