With lists come inevitable omissions and controversies, and The Wire is known for amassing a selection of numerous legendary figures. This list will be my best attempt to pay homage to these characters, ranging from popular fan favorites to occasional lesser known ones who made an impact. Parts are placed in no special order. While disagreements may still come even with a lengthy series, I contend that 30 parts will be a plentiful total to give respect and please fans simultaneously.
Certain days will feature two articles and thus two parts being published, others will just be one. Pop Culture Spin appreciates your viewership and your efforts to spread the word. You will find each published entry in the series linked at the bottom of this article. Each fresh installment will link all published entries in the same spot. He looked into his future and saw nothing out there. He got the message: he stopped looking. If we were the damned of the American cities, we would not fail.
We would rise above the corner. And when we tell ourselves such things, we unthinkingly assume that we would be consigned to places like Fayette Street fully equipped, with all the graces and disciplines, talents and training that we now possess … Amid the stench of so much defeat and despair, we would kick fate in the teeth and claim our deserved victory. We would escape to live the life we were supposed to live, the life we are living now … Why? The truth is plain: we were not born to be niggers.
The programme shows straight life to be difficult, crime to be easy. The official world shuts the door on Cutty again and again when he tries to set up his gym, yet when he asks for funding from Avon here at his most Godfather-like, generous and responsible it is immediately forthcoming, in spades. Yet Cutty does escape, does "rise above the corner", does succeed, and in doing so he takes on another role in the programme.
George Pelecanos — the novelist who co-wrote this week's episode with Simon — has spoken about why he felt Cutty was important :. There were times I wanted to maybe give a little bit more of a moral centre to some of the characters.
I championed Cutty, the guy who comes out of prison and opens a boxing gym. You look at that storyline and it's got my stamp on it. David and I argued in a good way about these things. Sometimes I won, sometimes not. Many times he saved me from myself. Pelecanos has written two novels about characters attempting to reform: Drama City and The Way Home Blogger Andy Sywak recalls him talking about Cutty at a book signing :.
Pelecanos spoke about how he was instrumental in introducing a character on the show who would win. The character of Cutty was his idea. Much like his novels, where the hard-working man usually emerges triumphant, so too does Cutty navigate the drug world to come out on top with his boxing gym.
Does Cutty come out on top? More or less, although it's touch and go when novice thug Michael takes against him, paranoid about his fatherly attention. He never gets his ex-girlfriend back; she has made the transition from the world of the corner and "ain't for you no more. She ain't for none of our kind. The deacon suggested that Cutty study for his high school diploma, but Cutty saw this as too difficult and continued his landscaping. Despite his initial hesitation, Cutty began working with the Barksdale crew soon after his parole.
His effectiveness and intelligence as muscle is shown on several occasions when planning raids, hits and general menacing for Avon against competing crews.
He quickly earned the respect of Avon's primary enforcer Slim Charles , who threw a welcome home party for Cutty. He worked with young soldiers Sapper and Gerard to track down a thief in the Barksdale organization, and his cunning allowed them to quickly identify the culprit.
Cutty was appalled when the younger soldiers almost killed the young dealer, believing a warning beating would have been sufficient to modify his behaviour and kept him able to work for them. A turf war between the Barksdales and new power Marlo Stanfield provided more work for Barksdale soldiers. Cutty and Slim Charles plan a raid on a Stanfield corner using a pincer movement.
Their younger associates ruin their plan by striking too soon and Barksdale veteran Country is killed as a consequence. Cutty and Slim Charles decide to strike back alone but when their moment comes Cutty is faced with Fruit and finds himself unable to fire. Wise then begins to build a new life by returning to landscaping and then opening a boxing gym at the deacon's urging.
When he is unable to get sufficient funding to equip the gym, he approaches Avon to request the funding. Avon, a former amateur boxer, happily provides the money. Wise received political backing from the deacon's contact Reverend Frank Reid. Watkins had Daniels help Wise to get the permits he needed for the gym.
Wise connects with sergeant Ellis Carver through his efforts to encourage children away from drug dealing through sports, and the two develop a mutual respect. He has some success with local children, particularly when the turf war temporarily closes down a lot of the drug dealing business.
In particular, one dealer named Justin gets strongly involved in the boxing. However, the turf war comes to a sudden end when Avon is arrested, and Cutty finds his gym quickly deserted as the children return to work.
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