http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bleakdespair Posts tagged with 'bleakdespair' at MetaFilter. Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:45:17 -0800 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:45:17 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/67882/playing%2Dwith%2Dthe%2Dtuning%2Dknobs%2Dwhen%2Dthe%2Dback%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dappliance%2Dis%2Din%2Dflames <a href="http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/01/david_simon_and_the_audacity_o.php#comment-1068461"><i>The Wire is dissent; it argues that our systems are no longer viable for the greater good of the most, that America is no longer operating as a utilitarian and democratic experiment.</i></a> An already-quite-good discussion about <i>The Wire</i>, originating in Mark Bowden's <i>Atlantic</i> article (<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200801/bowden-wire/1">'The Angriest Man in Television'</a>) and continuing through Mark Bowden's post on the show's <a href="http://theamericanscene.com/2008/01/01/the-bleakness-of-the-wire">nihilistic bleakness</a> gets even more interesting on <a href="http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/01/david_simon_and_the_audacity_o.php">Matt Yglesias's blog,</a> where the creator of the show stops by to give <a href="http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/01/david_simon_and_the_audacity_o.php#comment-1068461">his opinion</a> on what it's all supposed to mean. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.67882 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:45:17 -0800 America Baltimore bleakdespair blogs capitalism davidsimon drugs nihilism pessimism politics television thewire gerryblog