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Congratulations to David Simon on winning a $500,000 MacArthur “Genius” Grant. Finally, the unpaid and unrewarding task of creating popular television pays off. (Just kidding, buddy! Just tearing down your towers!)
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I tried to find something bad that he had done to make a silly joke, but it turns out that doesn’t exist.
It’s not official until he starts writing on clear marker boards.
McNulty is disappointed that he didn’t win.
I keep Applying, but they keep rejecting me with notes like, “We Do Not Accept Applications” and “This isn’t even written on paper, this is a butter and white bread sandwich you wrote on with a sharpie”
The hell!? They respond to your applications?
Oh, Indeed.
It’s too bad one of the stipulations of the award doesn’t involve collaborating with past winners. I would love to read “Stringer’s War Land in Bad Decline.”
Shit, he richer than a motherfucker.
i only have one question for you, simon: “WHERE’S WALLACE?”
They never mention it in the articles but David Simons and Ed Burns also made this great TV mini-series called ”Generation Kill” which I dunno if you guys have seen , but if you haven’t, you really should.
there’s also “The Corner,” which was the precursor to The Wire. I’m only 2 episodes in (of 6), but it’s pretty fantastic.
I wish he would use his grant to invent a machine that erases The Wire from my brain so I could watch it again.
I think this idea deserves a genius grant.
You could just buy the DVDs…
Oh man. You do not have to go back in time (and KILL HITLER) and then erase The Wire from your brain. Seeing The Wire for the second time is awesome. I just started season 1 with my wife, who is seeing it for the first time. Now that I understand the relationships and backstories of the characters, I am getting a whole new thrill from the story. I ratewatching The Wire more than once a MUST BUY.
I just re-watched all 5 seasons a few weeks ago in a week or two-week marathon and it is great, you see a lot of ironic parallels between characters like Stringer and Colvin in Season 3. It’s great to re-watch.
Do you think David Simon’s award acceptance speech will consist of, “What the fuck did I do?” Laugh track, applause. Then Ricky Gervais’s head in funny wig and glasses emerges from behind the podium in front of David Simon. “Are you havin’ a laff?” Crickets.