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@aryankaushik93

Жыл бұрын

Please don't use dramatic background music. It's cheesy

@ImGonnaBlameTheMEEDUHSid

Жыл бұрын

@The Take I just came away mystified by the pronunciation of Dostoevsky

@AngelRivera-vh7bz

Жыл бұрын

Your facts are not completely right in fact, you need to really be a fan and not some culture vulture trying to understand when you really don't SMH btw Snoop was introduced at the rim shop, garage part to be exact and that's where Marlo spoke about how Barksdale is weak and not dealing with the ammunition he possesses, you're just doing this for money you culture vulture SMH

@BrianD9000

5 ай бұрын

Make more videos about the Lawyer Levi, and another on Dee

“You want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.” That line has lived in my head for 20 years. Perfect delivery of a chilling fact

@raymondsims7042

8 ай бұрын

One of the best lines ever without question

@CC3GROUNDZERO

8 ай бұрын

Same. It's been there since I first heard it.

@user-em2fk5hu7z

8 ай бұрын

but it makes no sense lol. this phrase has no meaning.@@CC3GROUNDZERO

@MrCobbsalad

8 ай бұрын

@@user-em2fk5hu7z you just don't understand it's meaning.

@user-em2fk5hu7z

8 ай бұрын

nope. it haves no meaning. if it has meaning explain it @@MrCobbsalad

Marlo is the product of the system Avon and Stringer built. All these disposal young men and women they sent into the grinder learned nothing but brutal violence and self-advancement

@laprincessa9787

Жыл бұрын

I don't know about that. He was way off the rails. We see other people around the same environment and he just sticks out like a monster.

@william58295

Жыл бұрын

@@laprincessa9787 true but the environment had something to do with his outlook on life to SOME degree. Ppl think just bc there are others around who didn’t turn into this type of person is means the environment doesn’t offer that route. There are a ton of Marlo’s in the making just that this type of anomaly doesn’t make it far unless it’s life in prison or popped in the skreets

@franksaint84

Жыл бұрын

​@laprincessa9787 did you not see what avon crew did to Omar's boy toy?that ish was brutal now just imagine all the shit coming up that Marlo seen growing up on the same side.. even shot Gant in the head a every day worker...

@jamesthomison4356

Жыл бұрын

Avon and stringer didn't build the system, they just were part of it

@eeb3994

Жыл бұрын

Stringer and Avon did not build this system🤦🏽‍♂️ in fact they are all victims of the system

Marlo was terrifying. Everytime he was on screen i was on the edge of my seat. Great character.

I always viewed Marlo as the streets personified in its purest form

@tochiRTA

Жыл бұрын

that's a whole fact

@v.m.m.7729

11 ай бұрын

Wee Bay had the heart, real street dudes are more like him… he is a walking “streets”

@timothyslaughter476

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, the wire had a way of showing the old school style g's against the up and coming yung guns....more vicious, ruthless, no rules apply.....very true, very realistic. But I still say my favorite scene in cinema history....not just the wire....in the history of movies and television...was the scene where Wallace gets killed by Bodie n poot....m jordans acting there is the best I've ever seen. The stark set of the abandoned white bedroom with the rigged light bulb. Bodie's scared shitless....poot being the real hammer......too fucking good.....best scene ever!!!

@stephensmith7327

4 ай бұрын

​​@@timothyslaughter476I don't think it's a generational thing, I think he's the worst guy at the right time. He came up at a a perfect point of instability, the Barksdales where destabilizing which allowed him to escape Mob Justice, and the police where also reduced in funding which allowed him to escape the rule of law. It's also why his run as king is short lived. The barksdales had a decade, he had a couple years.

My favorite character in the show. Jaime Hector doesn't get enough praise for his portrayal, he's acting was top rank and brought so much nuance to the character. Marlo Stanfield is one of the best characters in the whole series who deserves a lot more recognition than he gets. His name is his name!!!!

@nekrataali

Жыл бұрын

What I love about the character is how little emotion he displays, except when he's giving his "My name is my name!" speech. But Jamie Hector doesn't come off as flat or one dimensional. He perfectly conveys a cold, ruthless, predatory demeanor. I think the only other person who has done this well in such a portrayal is Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men."

@randywhite3947

Жыл бұрын

Jamie is one of the most acclaimed actors on the show

@matthiasblum6555

Жыл бұрын

Marlo is a great character, but was in the end all about climbing the ladder, playing the game and winning, not about his name or being vain.

@danielebowman

Жыл бұрын

I thought Marlo wasn't close to one of the best characters. The actor did well, but he always seemed to have so much plot armor on him and din'tdo a greta job of his passions or motivations. I know they tried to do the ironic poetic justice ending of him being unremembered, but like several threads in seaosn 5 (by far the weakest season, don't get me started on what they did with McNulty or Freeman), it didn't work. It would have worked more for Barksdale to come out of prison to realise no one remembered him on the streets. Avon was the character who most lived for the street.

@AhmadAli-uk3sh

10 ай бұрын

​@@danielebowmanif you say so

I was quite young when The Wire came out. I recently found out about it and looked into it and I can proudly say, this is one of the greatest shows to air on TV. Ever. Rest in Peace Michael K Williams

@JediBunny

Жыл бұрын

Sadly we also lost Lance Reddick this year. Michael K. Williams was amazing. Such a talented actor - my favourite character in the series.

@SeemsLogical

Жыл бұрын

This year was also the 10 year anniversary Robert Chew's passing who played Prop Joe. Robert Chew was Baltimore born and bred, and did double duty instructing many of the child actors on how to talk the Baltimore accent. Also Sonja Sohn (Kima Greggs) is in prison for felony possession of cocaine. That happened in 2019 and I imagine she's still in prison today.

@brett444

Жыл бұрын

One of???

@s.j.t6006

Жыл бұрын

@@brett444 that is what I wrote, yes.

@whitebread940

Жыл бұрын

Me too. I watched a few episodes and it wasn’t like The Sopranos. Yrs later gave it another shot and was the greatest TV experience next To Breaking Bad for me.

The fact that videos are still being made 20 years after it ended shows to how great it was

I hated Marlo from the jump. I just hated everything about him. And what he did to Prop Joe was just uncalled for. Prop Joe was so so dope. I wanted Marlo dead so bad. It’s testament to actor Jamie Hector, he killed that role.

@BigA678

Жыл бұрын

Prop Joe told Omar to steal the shipment and Joe bought it back. Then Joe sold it to the co-op for double. Tru definition of 🐍

@annnonymous1

Жыл бұрын

Prop Joe killed his role too cause y’all forgot about all the foul stuff he thought he got away with Prop Joe set up Marlo to be robbed by Omar then used that to make Marlo join the Co Op hoping that he could control him Then he sent Omar to rob his shipment of of heroin & sold it back to everyone for a way higher price Marlo was the only dealer in the Co Op smart enough to see Prop Joe for who he really was & done what he had to do

@AdaptiveApeHybrid

Жыл бұрын

His conceited drive reminded me of some people from my past and I feel the same lol. Absolutely despicable character and amazing performance

@Skinny431

Жыл бұрын

Prop Joe played and used Marlo. Don't forget that.

@sirjamar

Жыл бұрын

Prop Joe got Marlo robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and his ring. And then got the entire co-op robbed by Omar again. I get that we liked Prop Joe, but how could we all be in so much agreement that Stringer deserved his death and not Prop Joe? He was just as big a snake as String. And maybe when Cheese told Marlo where Prop Joe lived, he also told him about the Omar stuff? Doesn’t that justify Marlo killing him?

Marlo's fate to an extent is worse than death: He's anonymous. His last scene where the kids don't know who he is. I imagine if he had gone down in a blaze of glory, people would remember him.

@BigA678

Жыл бұрын

“Worse than death: he’s anonymous and living and up $10 million” 😂 what a negative way to view a W

@cs3473

Жыл бұрын

@@BigA678 True, but remember what he said in jail when he found out that Omar was trash talking him, "My Name is My Name!". And if he carried that attitude before he was in jail, I don't think that is going to change after he gets out of jail.

@quint4573

Жыл бұрын

​@@BigA678 Marlo doesn't view that as a W , he wanted to be King of the streets not in a suit where most people won't respect him

@aarongoldstein8472

Жыл бұрын

@@BigA678 hes wants his name to ring out on the corner

@BigA678

Жыл бұрын

@@aarongoldstein8472 I’m just viewing it as a street nigga’s perspective you view it from a tv show fan perspective and thats ok

HECK YES! These videos are what got me to watch The Take in the first place! Marlo was truly one of the best villains I’ve seen portrayed on screen! Incredibly well-written and just a stellar performance as well.

@nekrataali

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think I subbed to this channel after looking for analysis on The Wire after my third re-watch! It's been a long time since we've had any Wire content, and I'm all here for it. Marlo just made the show absolutely insane. We're first introduced to Stringer and Avon who are absolutely ruthless and evil. Then we get the Greeks who throw people away like trash that's on a whole other level. Like the video said, it just gets worse when Marlo finally shows up.

@timothyo718

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I originally started watching the Take for their analysis on GoT, Breaking Bad, and the Sopranos. For a few years they seemed to over focus on stuff like Gone Girl, The Royals, and MeToo themes. Appreciate them going back to the classics!

8:28 perfectly said. Marlo was a hybrid of Avon’s ego and Stringer’s business acumen

The Take is doing the Wire?? That's not a combination of words i'd thought would ever run through my mind.

@raymondsims7042

Жыл бұрын

They’ve done more videos about the wire lad all are very good check them out

@jordanharris868

Жыл бұрын

They did The Wire vids back when they were still Screenprism dawg

I'll say it whenever the opportunity arises. Season 4 of The Wire is perfection. Absolute perfection.

@larae6885

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree!! The story of DuQwan ( Dookie) broke my heart 😢

@wambokodavid7109

9 ай бұрын

@@larae6885 ahh that boy😭. Thanks again for reminding me how life in the wire could get waayy darker than expected

@larae6885

9 ай бұрын

@@wambokodavid7109 dude it CRUSHED me seeing how he ended up

@carmellebandibas

16 күн бұрын

YES!!!!!! season 4 was too excellent, I was expecting so much in season 5. Sadly, I was underwhelmed.

Marlo represents the new school ways of drug dealing while Avon represents the old school ways of dealing. Marlo didn’t care to negotiate or build relationships with any of his rivals.

@jamaalmoses8821

Жыл бұрын

I would say Prop Joe and The Greeks are old school..Avon was a mix of the old and new.

@zero1188

Жыл бұрын

@@lugrisa nah stringer way dont work. Its for civilized people. Marlo did a mixture of stringer and avon way. He hid the bodies so there was no bodies to bring police. Which is stringer way. But he still klled like avon.

@tanman49

Жыл бұрын

Yup is just murder and take what he wants

@tanman49

Жыл бұрын

@@zero1188 yes police goes harder for actual bodies in the streets than missing people. Murders and bodies are what scares the community. Missing folks they just say how sad. If the person is a menace they say good.

@rjhikups78

Жыл бұрын

@@jamaalmoses8821 buy for a dollar sell for 2. Later with all that Bs..... - Prop Joe

Marlo's ending is the same as Anton from No Country for Old Men They both get away but they both get injured indicating that their luck is running out

@crazychase98

Жыл бұрын

Similar characters for sure and a correct take. And it ironic or for telling when he said "even when you win you can still lose"

@budwyzer77

8 күн бұрын

Michael was going to hunt Marlo down and kill him within a month of his release.

Really interesting how similar Bodie talking to McNulty about snitching on Marlo, but not on his boys on the corner, and Frank Sabotka talking to the detail in season 2 about not snitching on any union people. It's s a nice way of showing how important solidarity is to working people. A glimmer (and only a glimmer) of hope in the face of the game's relentless demands that everyone competes and only looks out for themselves, I think

I always saw Marlo as a mythical villain. A complete product of the drug business. No feelings, only driven by money and power.

@AdaptiveApeHybrid

Жыл бұрын

How are those drives not dictated by feelings

@mikelomez9313

Жыл бұрын

@@AdaptiveApeHybrid I mean everything he did was a calculated move to put him at the top of the drug business. I didn't really see any emotional aspects to it.

@iwanttocomplain

9 ай бұрын

@@mikelomez9313 he bottles his emotions up. He’s not even interested in money, it’s almost like he want revenge. He ends up punishing everyone involved in the game and only reducing everyone’s capacity to improve their living conditions. As if to set the city on fire out of spite as if there’s nothing worth saving.

@mikelomez9313

9 ай бұрын

@@iwanttocomplain interesting perspective

@iwanttocomplain

9 ай бұрын

@@mikelomez9313 he’s like the most depressing and joyless character ever created.

Im glad this show still gets the recognition it deserves it had such a deep massage and was so gritty i dont think they’ll ever make a show this good again.

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it still one of the best shows i've ever watched.

@raymondsims7042

Жыл бұрын

For me it is the best🤝

Like Avon said, "The game is always going to have a Marlo"

Avon was never "yearning for his name to be known as king on the streets". It's actually quite the opposite, Avon went to great lengths to ensure his name was clean, cops couldnt even properly ID him for quite some time

@danielebowman

Жыл бұрын

Not quite. AVon was most yearing for the streets. What he did was very clever in ensuring he was unknown and unconnected to the cops. He was well known on the streets andlived for the street life.

@manniking233

Жыл бұрын

Avon wanted to avoid the mainstream at all cost. But the streets? He wanted his name to be known there by any means necessary, even with the risk attached to it.

Marlo is my favorite character in The Wire. It used to be Avon but Marlo’s presence and sheer force of darkness is unlike anything I’ve seen in fiction that wasn’t someone in a comic book. He’s a force of nature that can’t be reasoned or understood with normal thought.

@BigA678

Жыл бұрын

Vincent could reason with him

@rasulsamad5860

4 ай бұрын

​@BigA678 who is that

@madgavin7568

2 ай бұрын

I don't understand how that can him a favourite character of yours though. I get why he's such an evil presence on the screen that puts you on the edge of your seat, but if anything it just makes him all the more despicable. We all wanted to see Marlo get his comeuppance at the end.

@JayCity10

Ай бұрын

His end was fitting for his character. It's a fate worse than death.

@XavienBowers

Ай бұрын

27 bodies in fucking vacants

Feels like it’s been years since y’all did a video on the wire (probably during the screen prism days). So glad to see y’all pick up this analysis on this show!

I absolutely love the Wire, it is one of my all time favorite shows and I watch it all the time. Marlo was definitely frightening with his desire to kill over every little perceived slight, but I like to think that he became the next Stringer Bell and eventually met the same fate.

@manniking233

Жыл бұрын

That's the scary part. Marlo is so ruthless and has no personal attachments. He has also killed all traitors. All those apparent weaknesses got Stringer killed. Marlo lacks none of those and already entered the level of society Stringer wanted. Marlo is thus harder to kill on both counts: too isolated, too powerful. If Marlo got back in the game, the only thing that could end him was the police... And they only failed once and can't come with the same viciousness as before anymore. Marlo is proof morality doesn't matter, once you pursue only power and totally disregard it. That's the part that truly scares me.

@dafyddwilliams2158

Жыл бұрын

@@manniking233nah i think Michael no one give him the respect off snoop off so many more and would definitely be one step ahead of marlo and he was after Michael anyway in my eyes michael became like the second omar in the end brandishing the double barrel and all michael would’ve deaded him easy

@manniking233

Жыл бұрын

@@dafyddwilliams2158 That WOULD make sense. Only Michael, who could easily find him. So, yeah.

@manniking233

Жыл бұрын

@@dafyddwilliams2158 That WOULD make sense. Only Michael, who could easily find him. So, yeah. Only one problem, though. Marlo is a killer himself. He could easily kill Michael if it came down to a showdown. It wouldn't be a foregone conclusion.

@dafyddwilliams2158

Жыл бұрын

@@manniking233 nah michael smoked more people and was smarter he would've just popped up and think of it when i came to marlo snoop and chris are the real killers who taught michael so michael would get there first everytime

I saw the wire for the first time during lockdown and thought it was amazing. So thanks for doing this take on Marlo and I'll check out the others. Good to see The Take going back to tv and movie breakdowns.

This show was loaded with incredible performances. I wouldn't even know where to start. But yes, out of all that it was Marlo and Omar that stood out the most to me. Those dudes were just different.

For all the bullshit Marlo pulled throughout the last few seasons I was so happy to see his lukewarm ending. No one respects him, no one remembers him, his name meant nothing but Omar and Avon’s do.

@DblTap317

10 ай бұрын

I will never agree with this. Marlo WON! He's free, keeps his money and can live happily ever after should he choose. Avon is broke, hustling money from Marlo of all people and stuck in prison. Fuck that name shit and street shit it DOESN'T MATTER life isn't a video game these people don't respawn...... Except Marlo he respawns and immediately takes a corner and oh yea, he kept his pride and dignity.

@seangallagher1947

10 ай бұрын

@@DblTap317 Marlo is the punk at the end, with nothing, as far as that life is concerned. He went soft. He’s a phony.

@DblTap317

10 ай бұрын

@@seangallagher1947 "that life" isn't a real thing bruh. Life is life. It's a marathon not a sprint right

@brooklyn1daful

9 ай бұрын

​@jamesb6396 he won but still lost because he wanted people to remember his name.

@DblTap317

9 ай бұрын

@@brooklyn1daful Oh he did plenty to be remembered by the handful of people that would care before they die or go to prison. He still lives on to do more memorable things. He won in every sense of the word.

soulless efficiency is always terrifying.

People like Marlo are going to learn that there is a good reason to have rules in place. If the game is chaotic then only the meanest, the most cold hearted, and the most ruthless will come out on top. However, by rule there will always be someone who's willing to go the extra mile, be more savage, and cause more destruction to get to the top. If that means coming after you then that's how chaos works. People who don't care for the rules like Marlo fail to see that they're going to get old and comfortable; eventually will get slipping. The Italian mob knew a hundred years ago that no one is going to last long in the game if there isn't no organization. This is why they started a commission to settle disputes between the crime families.

@lightworker2956

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. In reality "zero rules, zero morality, I Marlo demand absolute loyalty yet give none back" doesn't work in the medium term. Eventually that just leads to street warfare or to someone murdering him. Marlo's not immune to bullets and there's no such thing as the streets being 100% dominated and monopolized by one man.

@dr-mp4rp

10 ай бұрын

The Mexican cartels are a good example. No rules or any sense of morality in that game. Mfs are tortured, flayed, dismembered, etc. etc. Only gets worse

@hopoff9968

2 ай бұрын

I disagree. You're right for the most part but you got one key detail wrong about Marlo. He'll never get old and comfortable because he doesn't care about that. In that scene with Vincent where he's trying to convince him to back off and how he'll end up dead he says he doesn't care as long as he dies on top. That's the scary thing about people like Marlo. He isn't scared of dieing, he's scared of living as a nobody.

@madgavin7568

2 ай бұрын

Which is why I think the Co-op under Slim Charles is in good hands. The only threat to them is potentially Michael as he matures and hones his craft. If Marlo tries to get back into the game, he's either a dead man or a jailed man.

@MackeyDeez

2 ай бұрын

​@hopoff9968 Everyone get old and eventually get comfortable.

Still the best TV drama of all time.

@raymondsims7042

8 ай бұрын

No doubt

@yearo77

7 ай бұрын

It’s clear of Sopranos or anything. So dope!

I’m so glad you guys are doing The Wire again. I throughly enjoyed your take on Stringer and Omar, and I’m very much looking forward to seeing who you analyze next.

Im so excited for you guys to breakdown the succession finale

Literally finished this series two hours ago, and now this is posted. Think it's a sign from the heavens I should begin my first rewatch

@nekrataali

Жыл бұрын

The most jealous you can ever be is when you find someone who gets to watch The Wire for the first time. The second most jealous you can ever be is when someone gets to watch it for their second time 😭🤣😂 It's amazing how much the show transforms on subsequent re-watches. I hated the second season the first time I watched the show. By my third re-watch, I think season 2 is the best after 1 and 4. Season 5 isn't as good on those re-watches. But The Wire's worst seasons and episodes are still better than anything else that's ever aired and remains the GOAT.

@bobbysealejunior6590

Жыл бұрын

@@nekrataalivery good take bro.

Marlo in the end realized he wore a paper crown, nobody knew who he was after he was dethroned by the law.

What makes Marlo “worse” than Avon, exactly? The fact that his organization was responsible for 22 deaths instead of 8? That Marlo thought it was more prudent to kill Prop Joe than to ignore him? I think the hard truth is essentially what Poot argued in S4. The degrees separating Avon from Marlo are mostly negligible, in the last analysis. Stringer felt he *had* to kill Wallace, so he had it done. Marlo, likewise, does what he does because he feels he *has* to do it. But let us not forget that the most brutally cruel and vicious act we see committed in the entire series is a direct result of Avon’s orders. I’m talking, of course, about the torture and death of Omar’s boyfriend, Brandon, in S1. Almost all of Marlo’s kills, by contrast, are clean and painless (Butchie *is* briefly tortured by Chris and Snoop, but it doesn’t come close to what Brandon received at the hands of the Barksdale crew). “The game doesn’t change. Just got fiercer.” I forget who says that in the show, but I think the quote sums up how “the show” wants us to think about Marlo. He doesn’t represent a qualitative shift in the nature of the game. He is just the best at playing it - the best of his generation. He’s the perfect apex predator for his environment. But it’s the same old hunt. Reading that logic into Marlo’s final moments makes sense. It’s just back to square one. Building a power-base, one corner at a time.

Glad to see the Take back on the Wire

Marlo was the most EVIL person on the show but got to live out stringers dreams, and leave the game with millions …sad part that’s how it be in real life

@KingIrvXL

Жыл бұрын

Just luck

@manniking233

Жыл бұрын

​@@KingIrvXLWasn't luck. Dude got a vicious lawyer because of how much power he raked up in that short period of time.

@AdaptiveApeHybrid

Жыл бұрын

You know his ass would die violently in the street if the show continued. He was addicted.

@budwyzer77

8 күн бұрын

@@AdaptiveApeHybrid Michael was going to kill him ASAP.

@AdaptiveApeHybrid

8 күн бұрын

@budwyzer77 I mean doesn't something like that make sense? Honestly I think Michael killing Marlo or Chris would have made the last season waaaaaay better

This is great analysis, great video. The Wire is one of those works that is just timeless

Marlo will never be respected but his was feared in his time! Avon, Slim Charles , Omar and Brother Mazone were respected !

Just here to reiterate how The Wire is still in the top 3 best tv shows of all time and doesnt get anywhere enough credit for it. Its in fact SO good that anytime i think of rewatching it i give myself pause. Because this show devastated me.. literally drained the life out of me ha. But the proof is in the pudding... i cannot remember a showing having THIS many stand out, nuanced and iconic characters both protagonist and antagonists.

@raymondsims7042

8 ай бұрын

It’s not just “top three” mate it’s the best show ever made🤷‍♂️no show is even in the same class.

Things change and things stay the same. The game is the game. Always!

I am amazed this came out today, i loved all the other deep dives on the wire and thought no more were coming!

Another great video essay. Love The Take!

YES! Finally, @thetake with the kind of content that got me to subscribe! Thank you!

The wire had the best and realistic street characters.. I hope they would do a modern day spin

The take is back!!!!

I will never tire of Wire insights. Nice video.

3:21 I still think about that security guard. That was one of the most senseless, unnecessary, disgusting displays of power and heartlessness I’ve witnessed on tv. I guess that was the point.

Love these Wire Takes 🎉

The Take going back to their ScreenPrism vibes ?!…we love to see it! 👏🏾 Hopefully this is the trend and not a blip.

definitely my favorite character in a TV show. Completely ruthless.

Great analysis!

Dammnnn yo thank you for coming back to the wire videos yo I’ve been waiting forever to do one y’all should do snow fall next

Great analysis. Marlo was absolutely terrifying, and the actor who played him was excellent in the role. Love The Wire.

this was great. Thanks

Do Avon, or an episode on "the philosophy of Wallace vs bodie" or "the evolution of bodie" or bunnie colvin and daniels the "good" cop or d'angelo or an episode on randy, Michael, dukie and namond or "carver vs herc"

Excellent review the wire is one of my favorite shows of all time and marlo is one if TVs all time great villians

Good commentary !

Been hanging four years waiting on this one finally!

Wow! Great breakdown of the Marlo character…

Expected the take on Succession finale...got a piece on a show that's even better, even after 20 years. Not dissapointed at all

Great breakdown .

Great breakdown

Finally! I loved your videos on Stringer Bell and Jimmy Mcnulty, but after a while I lost all hope that you'll make new ones.

YESSSS more the wire videos please!

Marlo is my favorite character in the whole series

Definitely my favorite tv series of all time. Binged watched in college. My roommate and friends watched every episode of season 3 like a watch party 🎉💯🫡

Ive been waiting five years for this

i miss this types of videos

Yay more The Wire content!

In 2023 we're living in the age of Marlo. The streets are much more sociopathic than before. No one and nothing is off limits.

We need more!!!!

"He even killed his best friend Wallace." That made me chuckle. If anything, Poot and Wallace were best friends. Wallace wasn't calling Bodie from out in the country. He was calling Poot. Bodie didn't sleep under the same roof as Wallace and the kids. Poot did. Wallace wasn't hanging with Bodie when they spotted Brandon. He was hanging with Poot.

@airyshaggy83

11 ай бұрын

Bodie did throw a 40 at Wallace for being a kid, though. I guess that does make them best friends. Nah, never mind.

Love your wire takes! any chance you make the Bunny Colvin video essay? :)

More wire content finally!!!!

Excellent video on one of the best characters of the best tv show ever

Well done

That’s the besttttttt break down of a character I have ever seen. And you touched the right points. I was like I hope she discusses the Omar conflict. Because of you I am going to do a rewatch😂. Keep the videos coming. Let me see if you got one on Omar.

Wow, The Wire is back

Thanks!

This was a great one. Please more wire one’s

Can you do a breakdown on D’Angelo Barksdale?

You guys once made a video talking about the witch trope, can you guys also make a video about the origins of mermaids and how they tend to be portrayed in media and why? Seems fitting since The Little Mermaid 2023 came out ot long ago

I love all the new Wire content

Rewatching it now, halfway thru season 2

After snowfall it’s good to remember That the Wire ended well

@Teddy-zr8yv

Жыл бұрын

Dude, snowfall ending was great

About time! You guys claimed you were going to do a view of the characters like four years ago and then you left us hanging.

Please more The wire !!!!

I just finished watching the show yesterday night I was born when the first season was released so I never got to see those oldschool shows. I grew up with thinking those newschool shows like prison break,power, snowfall where good but now I can honestly say nothing really nothing comes ever close to the wire the greatest show I ever watched in my life wow if someone asked me why it is the greatest I cant even describe it you just have to watch it tho. I will buy the DVD or CDs if I find some and keep them for the next 10 years and comeback one day and watch it again!

With String, Marlo, Avon, Prop Joe the wire has the best antagonists I tv history

This reminds me of the old Screenprism before the name change. No excessive women analysis, picking a show that is not wholly focused on just women themes and good classic analysis that makes you think. This is just how the channel was before the name change. And it is great. This was a great video and I trust The Take will at least restore more of the old channel and breakdown shows that are not just heavily women oriented. Don’t forget you have other appreciators of your work and it is not just women. I am even willing to sponsor some of the content if you can break down shows and movies that don’t alienate your male audience. Shows like Ozark, the rest of the Better Call Saul seasons. Those kinds of shows and breakdowns is what made me brag about this channel and its greatness before it turned super woke and overly politicized. This was a great video and i really would like to see more breakdowns that appeals to everyone and not just women. Thanks for your time!

My favorite character of the series.

Chris Hedges put it the best he says about mania for hope will causes us not to see what is the problem in front of us is that we think everything will be solved

The most astonishing is that no one in The Wire cast, with the exception - I don't know why - of the irish actor playing the mayor, ever won an award. This guy playing Marlo was the best villain in television as far as I can remember.

FINALLY! Its been years since the last wire video. Im still waiting on yal to do Bodie Broadus. That being said. Im a little lost given what Simon had to say about Marlos ending. I thought Marlo going back to streets in the end meant he was going to get locked up. Remember Ronnie to Levy that if he so much as goes near the streets again he would be brought up on charges. Did I get it wrong in my interpretation?

To me there is also another message. Marlo is so heartless that he's finally not able to keep an organization because he's unpredictable and he can't keep his alliances. However, Avon has still been playing from prison, he's only there for having guns and Will be free when the east side has no Prop Jo and Marlo has already Lost his power, he's got connection to the Greeks and Avon is a person that has got people to trust him and gets to have loyal people to him ("I am what you may consider.. an authority figure"). He's won the game. Remember when he describes Stringer as a man without a country "not hard enough for the streets, and maybe not smart enough for the business men"... But Avon knows his place ("I'm just a gángster I suppose"). He's the one character that's hard enough, strategic but can also cares about his people; he's the only one who's perfectly adapted to the hard reality where he's been raised. So, after all, the King doesnt move so much... but the King stay the king.

@nekrataali

Жыл бұрын

I think Avon also downplays his own intelligence, almost like he's read and re-read _The Art of War._ "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." He pretends he's "just a gangster and I want my corners," but really he understands the instability of Marlo is bad for business. He's literally off the street while in prison, but he very much is still running the streets because he's got the connect. Stringer vastly underestimates Avon's capabilities because Stringer is the type to spend hours pouring over _Wealth of Nations,_ instead of material relevant to his profession in crime.

@lucg5099

Жыл бұрын

@@nekrataali exactly! I once read a comment on the rooftop scene saying that the story that Avon tells about Stringer stealing a badmington Game and getting them trouble while Avon said "but we have no yard!" Was a paralell to their attitude: Stringer wanting to belong to a higher class and Avon knowing exactly where they are. Also there are all the chess metaphores: Bodies shooting diagonally like a pawn when he's killed by Michael, Who makes the Knight move; Stringer running straight and diagonal lines, like the Queen, when he's killed by two pawns shooting to him diagonally; and Avon winning the Game when he's literally put in a place where he can barely move, like the king Honestly i think it's impossible to make any show better than The Wire

The WORST villians are the politicians and people would live comfortably by villifying these desperate people.

Marlo video 5 years later? Love it lol

I love for you guys to do something on Top Boy