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I have finally caught up with the rest of the world and am watching the first series of the Wire. I bought the DVDs ages ago, but hadn't got round to starting it.

My biggest problem is how hard I have to concentrate to work out what they're saying. I hadn't realised how wide the gap between English English and American English had grown. I'm almost tempted to put the sub-titles on.

Apart from that I've reached episode 5 and am beginning to warm to it.

 
I thought it was absolutely f**king terrible... I'm generally impatient which probably doesn't help when it comes to shows like this, I couldn't even get past the language either, I don't mind swearing in shows or films at all, and in fact don't even notice it most of the time, but in this I just... I kinda f**king found it a bit c**ting hard to f**king know what the f**k those c**ts were f**king on about, the language was just so f**king bad, you know what I'm f**king talking about? c**ts.

 
At first glimpse of the post I thought it was lofty and went back to the first page to see if another manc had taken over a thread again. :)

 
It has that much swearing because that's how people speak. Some characters swear more than others, and they swear more in certain situations and around certain people because that's how it works in real life.

Life isn't pretty and especially not in the areas and walks of life they portray in The Wire. Surely that would make you expect it to be a little bit more gritty than your average. Swearing is just part and parcel of it. It's a truly great program, if it can truly be called that, blize, don't be put off by something like that.

 
It's brilliant - I watched all 5 series on DVD and after the first 2 series I was watching 3 episodes at a time. If you like reading check out David Simon’s Homicide (heavy going but worth it in the end) or for the “Wire lite†any of George Pelecanos’ books.

 
blizeH said:
I thought it was absolutely f**king terrible... I'm generally impatient which probably doesn't help when it comes to shows like this, I couldn't even get past the language either, I don't mind swearing in shows or films at all, and in fact don't even notice it most of the time, but in this I just... I kinda f**king found it a bit c**ting hard to f**king know what the f**k those c**ts were f**king on about, the language was just so f**king bad, you know what I'm f**king talking about? c**ts.
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that right there is your problem. stick with it, trust me on this. a lot goes on every episode, if you get confused read an episode synopsis on imdb and carry on.

dont give up!

 
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