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The Wire is an American television series that was created by David Simon and Ed Burns. It is set in Baltimore and focuses on the city's police force, drug trade, politics, and media. The series has been praised for its realistic portrayal of urban life.
One of television's most critically acclaimed programmes,
The Wire addresses the seedy side of Baltimore?s finest, looking into money, drugs, politics and murder.
Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.
A study on urban life in one of America?s toughest cities, each season of
The Wire has focused on a different aspect of Baltimore, starting with the police force and the drug trade, then moving on to City Hall, the education system and concluding with the media.
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