r/TheWire • u/BLOODY-DIARRHEA-CHUG • 4d ago

The Wire is a masterpiece but it doesn't save it from having some cringe moments Spoiler

Case in point: watching the actors and extras awkwardly try and sing along to Flogging Molly (?) in the cop bar during the detective's wake.

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u/cranialextract 4d ago

It's the Pogues, and it's one of the best moments in the series. But I do agree, lots of the scenes with Kima are shot in a way that feels kind of leery.

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u/cranialextract 4d ago

Okay apparently leery doesn't mean what I thought it did. They kind of sexualise Kima in the scenes with her partner, like the camera leers at her.

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u/kajzar 4d ago

please i still see Daniels' black ass in the night

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u/cranialextract 4d ago

Really gets my lance going

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u/Magnus-Pym 4d ago

The Pogues, FFS

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u/wag2050 4d ago

That is by design. The actual cringiest scene is when they interview the ship crew in season 2.

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u/boneholio 4d ago

Ehh?

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u/mameyinka 9h ago

Aahh. Mishi gishi gushi gishi motherfucker.

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u/ArchEast 3d ago

Hey, Kunta Kinte

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u/Diocletian338 2d ago

The wire is the greatest show ever that has a lot of imperfections and a lot of things to criticize about it, but this is NOT one of them wtf

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u/wait4theanswer 4d ago

Anytime Dominic West is trying to act drunk (sorry McNutty I love ya)

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u/gillyweed79 3d ago

There's some truth to this. He's fall-down, sloppy drink every single time.

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u/mameyinka 9h ago

I for one think he fucking nails it every time. He looks plastered, and it doesn't look acted to me at all.