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Continuing ‘The Wire’ Lovefest: ‘[The drug war] is a fraud,’ and other fun

Matt Stroud | Thu, Jan 10th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: drugs, greatest tv show, david simon, simon, the wire, drug war is a fraud, reason interview | 0

So, amid the billowing torrents of masturbatory gush flowing from every pore of the media re: the new/final season of the greatest television show on Earth, ever, we were reminded of this 2004 Reason interview with David Simon, which includes some very telling and honest discussion about the realities of America’s drug war. Dig:

Reason: What’s the show’s underlying message about the drug war?

Simon: That it’s a fraud. It’s all over except for the tragedy and the shouting and the…
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