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Vice Magazine Interviews The Wire Creator David Simon

David Simon:

One of the things we were saying was that reform was becoming more and more problematic as moneyed interests—capitalism, which is sort of the ultimate Olympian god—become more entrenched in the postmodern world. Reform becomes more and more problematic because the status quo is arranged in such a way as to maximize profit and to exalt profit—particularly short-term profit—over long-term societal benefit and/or human beings

This is one of the most in-depth interviews I have read with Simon. If you enjoy good, intricate storytelling and haven’t watched The Wire, you’re doing yourself a disservice. It is a crime it never properly recognized at the Emmys.

Posted on December 18th, 2009 in Linked