Friday, April 18, 2008

Wish You Weren't Here



I saw this article about "ghetto tourism" in Baltimore and thought The Wire fans on here would find it interesting.

“I’m not sure that a tour of Baltimore’s hardest-hit streets—for the sake of tourism—is a particularly healthy response to viewing The Wire. Not to come off as smug or moralistic, but if folks have that much time and loose cash on their hands, they could volunteer some of it to addressing actual inner-city problems.” -David Simon

full article

1 comment:

Casey Brewer said...

Real G's like myself and David Simon think this is ridiculous.