tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post977773519696244325..comments2024-03-28T17:08:01.559-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Wire: Hot ShotsBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-73817231952796373732013-12-02T17:26:12.366-05:002013-12-02T17:26:12.366-05:00This is one of those episodes where, as you both s...This is one of those episodes where, as you both say, not a lot happens. Yet, I have the sense that the pieces are all being arranged on the chess board for the story to truly begin to take off.<br /><br />I like the juxtaposition of the Barksdale story's and the dock story's economics. D'Angleo's girlfriend is being supported by the drug trade, but in exchange, she feels she needs to sleep with Stringer. She is, in effect, using her body to ensure her survival. Which is exactly what the girls who died in that container were doing.<br /><br />Additionally, I think that the writers are making an interesting statement about the two working classes. The black working class, which has been down for much longer, has learned how to survive on the fringes and is better at it than the whites. The white working class, on the other hand, is new to economic deprivation. Nick and Ziggy are the first generation to truly suffer on the docks and they are just learning the ways of crime.<br /><br />I do like the way that it is obvious that neither class is going to win. The sense of foreboding, over both the Barksdale family and the docks, is palpable.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.com