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Why, yes, Bill Simmons, I sure would like a side order of Wire spoilers with my entrée of well-done maudlin! I guess it's way too late, though, to ask whether you can still hear that Socratic daemon that might have advised you against shovelling inappropriate, inherently trivializing pop-culture references into sensitive material. Sincerely, A Horrified Fan
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Comments (11)
Your post immediately made me think of this:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/85-the-wire/
Incidentally, Colby, it was a post of yours about the Wire that led me to discover it shortly after the Sopranos ended. You owe me 60 hours of my life back.
Posted by Doug M. | March 12, 2008 11:52 PM
Posted on March 12, 2008 23:52
That listing on SWPL is the one I have a real problem with. White people don't like the show. That's basically been the problem for its entire existence. I'm convinced dude was scrambling for something, and just threw that one up.
I'm glad I got to see the finale before I bumped into a spoiler. Another critical moment from an earlier episode was spoiled for me a week ago, and I'm still choked about it.
Posted by Andy Grabia | March 13, 2008 1:06 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 01:06
You may be right - I think it just rang true because it describes me so perfectly.
Posted by Doug M. | March 13, 2008 1:17 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 01:17
Oh come on Grabia. Who, exactly, do you think is the main demographic watching the Wire?
Choked about the spoiler, indeed.
Posted by sac | March 13, 2008 3:33 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 03:33
Oh come on Grabia. Who, exactly, do you think is the main demographic watching the Wire?
It ain't white people. They watch Two and a Half Men and American Idol It ain't anybody, really. Nobody watches the show. John from Cincinnati got higher ratings this year.
Posted by Andy Grabia | March 13, 2008 6:23 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 06:23
I did not!
Posted by John from Cincinnati | March 13, 2008 6:37 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 06:37
Gawd, it's like Simmons was trying to win a Pulitzer, or something. Next thing you know he's going to be fabricating reac quotes from dead hobos.
Posted by Nathan Muhly | March 13, 2008 8:39 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 08:39
I did not!
I don't know Butchy, instead?
Posted by Nathan Muhly | March 13, 2008 8:41 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 08:41
I think white people are downloading the show. But shhhhh. Don't tell anyone.
Posted by Sam | March 13, 2008 8:56 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 08:56
So, the guy wedges several paragraphs about his favourite television show into a story about a murdered teenager, and the first thing people say is "omg spoilerz".
That said, though I'm not a Wire fan and usually like Bill Simmons, I have to admit, that article was a crime against the very concept of human creativity.
Posted by Lord Bob | March 13, 2008 2:25 PM
Posted on March 13, 2008 14:25
Bill Simmons demonstrates his singular failing as a writer by needing to compare a real life tragedy to some fiction he saw on TV. What is entertaining and appropriate in commenting on incompetence among NBA GMs is ghastly and tone deaf when applied to the senseless murder of this young man.
Posted by Darren | March 14, 2008 2:27 PM
Posted on March 14, 2008 14:27