Probably Unanswerable Questions
The Wire's debt to the film; Pookie versus Bubbles; more Ice-T and Judd Nelson movies
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- The Wire's creators were shaped more by their police and newspaper careers than by any movie, but both works draw on the same reality of crews controlling project buildings, like Avon and Stringer. — Van Lathan
- The Wire came only 12 years after this movie but feels 20.
- Pookie versus Bubbles as the pop-culture crack addict you are most attached to; Erica Christensen in Traffic is added after a mix-up with Amanda Seafreed (transcribed form), and Bubbles had seasons of screen time, so the comparison is unfair.
- Why were there no more Ice T and Judd Nelson movies? A spin-off could have escalated the stakes the way the Crocodile sequel did, and a Narcos season is still possible.