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There’s never been a more obstinate fan base than that of The Wire; it’s a secular cult that refuses to accept any argument that doesn’t classify The Wire as the greatest artistic endeavor in television history. It’s almost as if these people secretly believe this show actually happened, and that criticizing the storyline is like mocking an episode of Frontline. This was not a documentary about Baltimore: Wallace is not alive and playing high school football in Texas, Stringer Bell was not reincarnated as a Pennsylvania paper salesman, and you are not qualified to lecture on inner-city education because you own Season 4 on DVD. The citizens on that show were nonexistent composites, and the events you watched did not occur. As a society, we must learn to accept this.

“Bad Decisions: Why AMC’s Breaking Bad beats Mad Men, The Sopranos, and The Wire,”  by Chuck Klosterman

I want my rebuttal to every sociopolitical agrument I have to be: “…you are not qualified to lecture on inner-city education because you own Season 4 on DVD.” 

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Chuck Klosterman is wonderful, and Breaking Bad is wonderful.

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