Kings and Pawns

The Wire: Modern society as an elaborate chess game
by David Schwartz   posted Aug 1, 2008

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Michael B. Jordan and Larry Gilliard, Jr. in The Wire.
Video: The Wire's Kings and Pawns

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FURTHER RESEARCH

Heaven and Here blog on The Wire
Pinewood Dialogue: Making The Wire Panel

FURTHER READING

Nick Hornby's interview with David Simon (The Believer)
Margaret Talbot profile of David Simon (The New Yorker)
Kent Jones on The Wire (Sight and Sound)

THE AUTHOR

David Schwartz is the Chief Curator at the Museum of the Moving Image. He is also a Visiting Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies at Purchase College.

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