...J. M. Tyree Whereas the David Simon—Eric Overmyer HBO series Treme emphasizes community and cultural vitality in post-Katrina New Orleans, Werner Herzog's The Bad Lieutenant wryly depicts the city as a corrupt dead zone. © 2010 by the Regents of the University of California. 2010 Treme...

...Richard Beck In this interview, David Simon, executive producer and writer (together with Ed Burns), talks about Generation Kill , the seven-part HBO adaptation of Evan Wright's book about the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the early days of occupation. Simon emphasizes the desire to stay...

... with a systemic form of suture. © 2008 by the Regents of the University of California. 2008 David Simon The Wire Baltimore serial tragedy systemic suture RE-WIRING BALTIMORE: THE EMOTIVE POWER OF SYSTEMICS, SERIALIT Y, AND THE CIT Y MARSHA KINDER: THE WIRE S SUCCESS DERIVES FROM THE INTERPLAY...

...J. M. Tyree An essay on the fourth season DVD boxed set of the politically uncompromising HBO series, The Wire (created by Ed Burns and David Simon), an urban crime drama of unprecedented complexity that is unusual in featuring a cast largely composed of African Americans. © 2008 by the Regents...