i just mean that sure maybe its delivered in a *more dramatic way* but if u read the book the anecdote as told is completely believable & there's nothing 'out of character' for someone to have thought of just bcuz they happen to be poor & black imo
i mean huge portions of rap music are based around similar ideas & saying otherwise seems borderline condescending to me
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
wanna explain "o rly" for me
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, January 17, 2011 1:16 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
if you were talking to a guy who knew someone who was just shot & he said something vaguely poetic about it, i guess some dude is probably the kind of dude who would roll his eyes so never mind me
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
if this starts to turn into another one of *those fights* the 3 of us are known for im probably gonna bow out tho
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
if you were talking to a guy who knew someone who was just shot
now can i ruin this thread?
― domo genesis p-orridge (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
were talking about a specific anecdote, dude, where this occurs
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
hold on, let me remove my bookmark first..
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 17 January 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
based on a real life event
wait a guy that just got shot!? talk about loading the question.
haha xp
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
some dude are we not talking about the snot boogie story at the beginning of the 1st episode??
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
"thin line 'tween heaven and here" is something Bubbles says about 3 episodes later in a completely unrelated scene
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
oh i was thinking its what dude said about snot boogie
my confusion -- ok, well, coming from a junkie living in a shitty neighborhood i think the point still stands?
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
like, if the dude bubbles is based on said that to me i dont think id roll my eyes but maybe u are a different kind of dude
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leftkrHJkw1qf8yek.gif
― am0n, Monday, 17 January 2011 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
*damn* eyes
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
every thread now, guys?
― u aint messin w/ my dengue (gr8080), Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:35 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
― gr8080, Monday, 17 January 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
hi gr80 were discussing the wire
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah we're at least still on topic...FOR NOW
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
im not even sure were beefing abt anything at the moment
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
ok just making sure you guys stay in line
― gr8080, Monday, 17 January 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i like Chris.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 January 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
This scene is the besthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycWx9ni6dZE
― Number None, Monday, 17 January 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Aw, I like Namond's mom as a character - granted she is also a horrible person
― sarahel, Monday, 17 January 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
She isn't likeable, but I like watching her - I feel the same way about Rawls - they take such joy in being assholes
― sarahel, Monday, 17 January 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i think "thin line 'tween heaven and here" was said by bubbles several SEASONS later, actually
and i agree with some dude that it's one of the times i actually agree is an overwritten line
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously? im really confused about whats 'overwritten' about it -- feels totally believable & like the kind of thing u can totally imagine someone saying -- pretty sure junkies have said similar profundities to me while begging for change iirc -- seems like pretty natural kind of thing from anyone who may have spent time being raised in the church
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
(& who lives in the slums)
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
my top 5 chars (at this exact moment):
vondasomarbubblesmcnultyand i have a soft spot for bodie
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 17 January 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not that i couldn't imagine anyone saying it, just seemed forced from bubs in that particular scene
you've seen the show, right?
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah bodie is up there for me too
you're all forgetting Stringer Bell
― horseshoe, Monday, 17 January 2011 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
tgheres only room for 5!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe i'd bump omar off for string, he gets enough love anyway
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 17 January 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Bodie is the goods, but I can't get him into my 5
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 17 January 2011 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, January 17, 2011 3:50 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
kev i was responding to
if a real life street dude said "thin line 'tween heaven and here" i'd roll my eyes at him too― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, January 17, 2011 12:20 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Alex Da Dad (some dude), Monday, January 17, 2011 12:20 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
idg how you guys are still talking about that line, lol
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 17 January 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah - deej pretty otm here - there are scenes and exchanges that might feel heavy-handed, but to argue that street dudes and drug dealers couldn't possibly articulate such pithy truths _is_ definitely condescending and patronizing.
― sarahel, Monday, 17 January 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
and if i had to pick a Top 5 favorite characters:
BunkBunny ColvinKimmyBrianna BarksdaleNorman
― sarahel, Monday, 17 January 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Bunny's been a semi-regular on Burn Notice as a bad guy, everytime I see him I miss Bunny so much lol
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 17 January 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
bunny & snoop were both on my shortlist
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 17 January 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Tray Chaney aka "Poot" has a music career nowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL6Fu2rO-Dw
― gr8080, Monday, 17 January 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
bunk is absolutely #1 for me ... ummm past that i guess mcnulty, freamon, bodie, omar (duh)
― *gets the power* (deej), Monday, 17 January 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Tray Chaney aka "Poot" has a music career nowhttp://www.youtube.com/v/HL6Fu2rO-Dw&fs=1&hl=en
― gr8080, Monday, January 17, 2011 4:12 PM (43 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
highly disappointed he doesnt still go by 'poot'
kimmy really
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 17 January 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Slim Charles.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 January 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
SlimBunkFrank SobotkaBodieLester
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Monday, 17 January 2011 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
bunk #1
― am0n, Monday, 17 January 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, January 17, 2011 4:34 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
nah it was in episode 4 of the first season, 3 episodes after Snot Boogie
― some dude, Monday, 17 January 2011 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
hm yeah you're right, think i'm conflating a couple scenes
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 17 January 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
lol my problem w/ the opening scene isn't the corner kid - it's mcnulty's line, like "mother went through the trouble of christenin him omar isiah betts" & also tryin to imagine how he got the name "snot boogie"
& also the setup of white police detective gets surprised by how they ~do things~ in the slums
― dayo, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
im w/ you on his delivery on the 1st line but its just sorta awkward delivery -- imo it could have been solddef dont understand the 2nd part though, thats sorta the context of the quote in the book too -- the white cops are all sorta like ~mind blown~ by the 'thats the american way'-ness of it .... like you can live outside the law but still feel like you're still playing by parallel rules (sorta one major subtheme of the entire series)
― *gets the power* (deej), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
well yeah, I mean it's exactly the type of story that a cop would tell over a drink to a reporter in a bar, as an example of some kind of "this was the point when I knew I wasn't in Kansas anymore" dividing line. like narratively you can see very clearly exactly what point it's trying to make and how it sets that point up, which is sort of what I meant by writerly - idk how it went down in real life but in the retelling it seems like the experience was made to fit this neat narrative package.
― dayo, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link