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The city that belongs to us
When the premieres of series are few and uninteresting, as happens more and more often, what better than to recover, watch again or discover emblematic series that for one reason or another we had not been able to enjoy or finish watching. That happened to me with The Wire, which I stayed through the third season, and look, I loved it. And it has been to return to it and no longer be able to detach myself from the network of narrative threads with which David Simon and Ed Burns captivate the viewer, until the end. The Wire is considered one of the best series in history and it certainly is, in many ways. As has been said, for the detailed description he makes of the social, political and economic life of an American city (Baltimore) with the scope, the precision of observation and the moral vision of great literature (Dickensian, due to the realism and the breadth of views it interweaves). All the plots are focused on some different aspect, always with the common thread of drug trafficking. The panoramic view focuses the theme of the first season on the police and the fight against drug gangs. And from there it focuses on the smuggling of goods from the port and problems with unions (second), politicians and the struggle for power (third), the education system and the learning difficulties of children of the suburbs (fourth) and the media that are already anticipating an unprecedented crisis, especially the written press (fifth). Its creators knew firsthand what they were narrating: Simon was a journalist and Burns, a policeman and teacher. Also, many of the secondary students had experienced similar situations. What is not understood is that the series, so praised by everyone, was never awarded an Emmy, and despite the dismal ratings, HBO kept it for five seasons. But, of course, those were other times. better ones
