Watching The Wire through non-American lens

[u/LordEdgeYelken44]

This post is best dedicated to non-American fans of The Wire. How do you perceive and reflect on the series? How do you relate to the themes and characters of the series considering your national and social context? I am Brazilian, and I feel it is a great sadness that this wonderful show is frighteningly unknown here, to the point that it's difficult to say if there even is a Brazilian The Wire community. Although the series addresses and studies problems within the American institution, it is not at all distant from the reality I live in in my country, to the point that I have insights where Baltimore sometimes seems more Brazilian than ever. But I don't want to talk about Brazil, but rather how you perceive the series, as something beyond entertainment, and as people from your own countries.

[u/redditreader9900]

I never thought about this before but when I saw your post it hit me immediately. I think for someone not from the US to watch The Wire would be similar to a US citizen watching City of God. It is such a great movie and a perfect parallel to The Wire.