Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Jimmy Mcnulty

My first impressions of Jimmy Mcnulty... He plays a stern character in The Wire, but it seems his lack of respect for authority has got him disliked by higher authorities in the department, away from the policing he also seems to have more problems, for instance his alcohol consumption, and ongoing problems regarding child support and custody of his young boy. All in all i think the character is played very well and throughout the seasons I think we come to know him better and watch him change as the case of the narcotics rages.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

West Baltimore (Set of "The Wire")

The T.V. show "The Wire" was filmed on location in the streets of Baltimore, mainly the western side. This helps convey the main theme of realism, by the area being inhabited by a large amount of drug activity and violence. This ties in together by being shot in an area of low socio-economic community. The area of West Baltimore is made up of quite run down old suburbs with many of the streets undertaking in drug related and other crime related activies.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Homework!!

So here's my first ever blog... I said I'd never create one but here I am making one for English homework. The topic of this entry you may ask? Well it's pretty extreme, what we did in our first English class of this year. We had our little intro into the year coming, and we had to write a piece on the greatest 'text' we had ever 'read'. It didn't have to be a book so being that I'm not a great fan of novels I did mine on the game 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' which is awesome. So that raps up my first English class for the year. Stay tuned as this will probably end up being homework quite often.