the Corner appreciation... show that gave birth to HBO's The Wire

[Bugsmoran]

I might be the only person that liked the Corner more than the Wire... the Corner came off alot realer to me.. the acting was incredible.. especially the actors that played the fiends.... alot of the actors on the Corner ended up on the Wire... Show was based on a real family in Baltimore and i liked how they interviewed the real people on the final episode

its crazy how everybody and they mama watched the Wire but they didnt win no awards but The Corner was a criminally slept on show and it did win awards

 

[retroracer]

The dude who played Deandre died recently...from an overdose.

 

[Change]

The corner was a good show but it didn't have nearly as much of a plot and it had a slight Lifetime channel feel to it. It was a great show though. They pretty much stuck to the drugs aspect as far as addiction goes but you can see all the whole foundation for The Wire in the show.

 

[Bugsmoran]

The dude who played Deandre died recently...from an overdose.

wow i didnt know that...

it was the real Deandre that died not the dude who played him
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/a...spiration-for-the-corner-dies-at-35.html?_r=0

 

[The_Hillsta]

 

[torcher]

One of my favorite shows ever. I think one of the reasons its so slept on is because alot of people never even saw it. It only had a few episodes

 

[BastardChild]

the wire was epic... it touched on every subject you can touch on.... street shyt.. political shyt..justice system shyt... media shyt..how all that shyt comes together

 

[Mastamimd]

Speaking of another short lived show that never got play-remember South Central? Had like 6 episodes....how didn't this show get more episodes

Oh wait

 

[retroracer]

wow i didnt know that...

it was the real Deandre that died not the dude who played him
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/a...spiration-for-the-corner-dies-at-35.html?_r=0

ah i guess it confused me cause the article i read listed him as an actor cause he was in the wire

 

[Nino Soprano]

ah i guess it confused me cause the article i read listed him as an actor cause he was in the wire

He was Brother Mouzone right hand

loved The Corner tho...great show

 

[Piff Perkins]

Great show. Some real shyt. A lot of the most painful scenes in The Wire are even more painful here, as you see that drug hustle almost entirely from the victim's perspective. shyt is sad...

on a side note gotta dap Bugsmoran for making some of the best threads lately.

 

[boskey]

Went and watched this after The Wire ended. TK Carter was great

And read the book Homocide that The Wire was based on

 

[Wacky D]

One of my favorite shows ever. I think one of the reasons its so slept on is because alot of people never even saw it. It only had a few episodes

yep.

and it was before its time too.

 

[definition]

the reason there were only a few episodes was that it was a mini-series. I don't think it was a case of a show that got canceled or didn't get enough play - it just ran its course.

HBO runs this on sunday nights occasionally -- I forgot all about it until I saw it again a year or two ago.

 

[Rufus Dufus]

Saw it a few years ago. Dope show.