The Corner vs. The Wire is the difference between a show directed by someone black vs. someone white.

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

If I asked you which show was produced by a black person, the wire or the corner, it would be the corner.

The realism. The small nuances in the script.

The Corner wasn't even a full season worth of shows, but was more impactful than The Wire imo

Simon should've had Charles Dutton direct a season or two.

 

[Dont@Me]

I haven't even heard of the corner......

 

[Ol’Otis]

They're both realistic

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

Put down the pipe

 

[JahBuhLun]

I haven't even heard of the corner......

Set in Baltimore, based on a true story about how heroin impacted the lives of decent Black folks, Khandi Alexander's fine ass in there, a lot of people from the Wire was on there. Charles Dutton (Roc) interviewed the real life people. Imagine if The Wire focused on the drug addicts in a natural, realistic way.

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

a white man created both of these shows breh (David Simon)

Edit: I see you already know that. I agree the Corner was more “raw” If you been around fiends for real then you know that shyt was pretty much spot on. The Corner did not make any part of that street life look glamorous. And I like the fact that it really depicted street life in the inner city.

The Wire was more easy to digest. I can see the Corner being too much for some people. The Wire was gritty but not too heavy. The story telling was great in the Wire. Corner was almost documentary style even though it didn’t intend to be. With the wire you are rooting for or against certain characters, but you know they are actors. With the Corner, it’s so real, that you really feel bad for these mothafukkas and forget they’re actors. I thought no some of the cast was untrained locals like the Wire if I’m not mistaken.

For me, the Wite was more entertaining, but I took the Corner more serious. If I’m trying to entertain someone, I put in the wire. If I’m trying to scare someone straight or show
them a cautionary tale, I put on the Corner

 

[Black Hans]

Both of those shows have the same creator: David Simon The book was even by David Simon: a white man

 

[JahBuhLun]

a white man created both of these shows breh (David Simon)

He think he knows that, he was saying if you didn't already know and watched both series you would guess that a Black person directed The Corner because it wasn't as glamorous, if you can use that word as The Wire. It was just everyday people dealing with everyday things. No millionaire drug dealers, no fukked up police with sensational drug stings.

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

He think he knows that, he was saying if you didn't already know and watched both series you would guess that a Black person directed The Corner because it wasn't as glamorous, if you can use that word as The Wire. It was just everyday people dealing with everyday things. No millionaire drug dealers, no fukked up police with sensational drug stings.

Yeah I figured don’t notice at first. Check the edit.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

I haven't even heard of the corner......

You trippin, unless you a youngin.... that show was crazy, but depressing at the same time

 

[Majestic]

I've heard of the corner. Never got around to watching it.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

The Corner was definitely grittier. I don't see what the race of the director has to do with that tho, it's more about the subject matter/viewpoint of the show.

 

[@OffHalsted]

The corner is the saddest shyt ever

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

The Corner was definitely grittier. I don't see what the race of the director has to do with that tho, it's more about the subject matter/viewpoint of the show.

Grittier usually equates to dumbed down imo. There are enough intelligent black people for everything not to be simplified for "our" taste.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Grittier usually equates to dumbed down imo. There are enough intelligent black people for everything not to be simplified for "our" taste.

Nothing dumbed down about The Corner. It literally felt like a documentary. That's how realistic it felt. The dialogue, the chemistry, the acting, were all on point.