The Wire, The Shield and Dexter: The devil is in the detail

According to Times Online, The Wire isn’t just the best thing on the box: its brilliant writing means that it - and series such as The Shield and Dexter -amount to America’s national theatre.

... "You may not like what the stories tell and, indeed, sometimes the relentless moral equivalence of The Wire is a little too easy, a little too close to student nihilism. But it is saved by the writing; and The Shield and Dexter are always saved from mere melodrama by their unerring dramatic instincts. The cities are in ruins, the devil is out of his hole, but artistry, for a few hours, makes sense of it all." - Bryan Appleyard.

emily | 3:36 PM | TV series and characters - why the appeal |
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