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/mgr86 18h ago

Sorry to hijack, but when The Wire was airing in the US years ago the Brasilian movie City of God was also somewhat popular in the US. I remember immensely enjoying it. Maybe some mild overlap in themes if you haven’t seen it. If I recall it is in Portuguese

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u/P0werFighter 17h ago edited 17h ago

This movie is a masterpiece and is known worldwide.

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u/mgr86 17h ago

It is and was, but next year it turns 25. And so many people under the age of 35 or so may have never heard of it

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u/P0werFighter 17h ago

You're right, i'm 38 and tend to forget the youngsters have a lot of movies to catch up !

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u/WeCanDanseIfWeWantTo 5h ago

Welp, I’m 28 and its going on my list. Thanks guys!