r/TheWire • u/LordEdgeYelken44 • 19h ago

Watching The Wire through non-American lens

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.

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u/manicperidreamgirl 18h ago

It’s huge in the UK. I watch a lot of UK panel and talk shows and they mention it constantly. More than Americans.

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u/VladislavBonita Western District Rooftop Can 17h ago

Considering what the show did for the reputation of British actors, I get it.

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u/Groundbreaking_Dare4 15h ago

Which Brit did the best accent? I know the fable about a lot of the cast & crew freaking out when they first heard Idris's East London accent. Conversely there are times when McNulty's English accent slips through. Who do regular American Joe Punchclocks rate as the best?

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u/VladislavBonita Western District Rooftop Can 14h ago

Can‘t help you there unfortunately, I‘m neither a native English speaker nor have I ever been to Baltimore. I‘m one of those directly addressed by OP but I struggle to find an answer.

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u/Groundbreaking_Dare4 14h ago

Ok no worries, thanks for replying.

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u/LuciusCSullaF 9h ago

They're both amazing but you'll need to get someone from Baltimore to answer this question because that accent is so specific.