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
Liking The Sopranos but not The Wire is kinda weird imo. They’re good for the same reasons
Not really. They have some of the same beats, but the wire is more about the drug game, and it’s intricacies in Baltimore. I don’t find street drug life all that compelling because unfortunately I’ve been a cocaine addict before, a show about that is not really compelling to me. The Sopranos is more about organized crime and I liked the Characters more
I guess I don’t owe anyone an explanation about why I. Prefer a capitalist treat over another, but there’s my logic.
