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The Wire vs. The Sopranos

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2 min

A tangent comparing The Wire and The Sopranos as the best TV shows, with a detour into a roach found in a Blimpie sandwich, before returning to praise The Wire's systemic complexity.

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  • 42:40Tim recalls working in mortgages next to a Blimpy and witnessing an employee drop a tomato on a roach crawling across a sandwich.
  • 43:07The Wire's genius is that it proves complex problems have multiple variables and accountability on different sides, not simple binary explanations.
  • 43:36People hear Louis C.K. did comedy for 25-30 years and internalize that as a template, ignoring that he was a late-night head writer within three years and actually making a living.
  • 44:01Most viewers walk away from The Wire thinking 'oh shit's fucked' rather than understanding its deeper systemic exploration.
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