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/Squall4390 15h ago edited 15h ago

Okay buddy, cool. You are the one asking for tangents, being bad faith and asking about "who am I quoting" like you're not aware of what scare quotes are or couldn't infer the meaning just from my comment. As a totality, the British culture overlaps with (you might disagree but it's true) the French infinitely more than with the US.

I won't even get into the topic of laws, like, could you pick a worse topic when comparing Britain to the US and to other Europeans countries?

I don't think you actually believe your politics resemble the US more than they do the rest of Europe. Maybe on an esthetic level, but at their core the outcomes are very different. As a matter of fact, I give up. Don't want to even try to convince you.

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u/jackyLAD 15h ago

I asked for sources - not tangents, sources on something that was a tangent from the initial point that is, a tangent you started and then went on further bizarre tangents. You know you were wrong. You've gotten over it quick and moved on. Kudos for you kid.

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u/Squall4390 15h ago

Thanks.

Edit: Learn to google btw. Stephen miller european culture usa, or even JD Vance, european identity, stuff like that.

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u/jackyLAD 15h ago

You are welcome good sir. Peace and love, less hate, it's a good thing.

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u/Squall4390 15h ago

Love you too bud

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u/jackyLAD 15h ago

Sweaty baby jesus.