Kings and Pawns
The Wire: Modern society as an elaborate chess game
by David Schwartz
posted Aug 1, 2008
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Michael B. Jordan and Larry Gilliard, Jr. in The Wire.
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The Wire's Kings and Pawns
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Nick Hornby's interview with David Simon (The Believer)Margaret Talbot profile of David Simon (The New Yorker)
Kent Jones on The Wire (Sight and Sound)
THE AUTHOR
David Schwartz is the Chief Curator at the Museum of the Moving Image. He is also a Visiting Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies at Purchase College.
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