The Wire: The Show You’re Not Watching, But Should Be
by Matt Hogan on March 21, 2007 in Culture
I had some reservations about arguing that “The Wire” - HBO’s critically acclaimed but popularly ignored urban crime drama - should be required viewing for Kennedy School students interested in urban policy. After all, graduate students at Harvard are supposed to learn about government from the likes of De Tocqueville and former Cabinet members, not a television show that features Method Man playing a recurring character named “Cheese.”
