I recently posted a thread saying The Wire hbo tv series was not to my tastes and that while I recognize it’s artistic merit towards the television medium, i found it boring and slow and preferred shows like The Sopranos and Breaking Bad.
Got a bunch of comments along the lines of “lol u just can’t handle how cerebral it is, why don’t you go watch law and order or something more your speed.”
Being elitist about pop media like TV shows is bewildering to me, but reddit has managed to do i
I didn’t think The Wire was particularly cerebral (it certainly had some characters who were written to be “smartass guys in offices (ecological niche)”), the main thing I found The Wire to be was depressingly real about shit. Absolutely not a show for everyone.
Kind of why I didn’t like it all that much. A decent chunk was about the drug game and street life. I’ve been an addict to a substance before and the drug street life portion of the show was just not that compelling to me.
Sopranos is about mobsters, I’m not a fucking monster obviously so that aspect fascinated me. I also liked Tony as an anti-hero over probably any character in the wire.
Edit:Also the Sopranos 🔚 ng was perfect.
