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Tag Archives: the wire
Wire 106: S01E13 “Sentencing”
This is the last episode of season 1, “The Sentencing.” Paul and I were joined by UMW internaut Amy Wallace, who has been doing a great job thus far this semester. Paul blogged about color in this episode, and I just finished an … Continue reading
The Game Supercut
John Johnston, hearing my call, created an automated supercut video of all the mentions of “the game” in Season 1 of The Wire. The VideoGrep script provides a quick, easy, and exacting way to analyze a show like The Wire around … Continue reading
Wire 106: S01E12 “Cleaning Up”
For this video discussion of Season 1 Episode 12 of The Wire, “Cleaning Up,” Paul Bond and I were joined by UMW #wire106 internauts Maggie Stough and Imran Ahmed. This discussion was generative because I realized it might be useful … Continue reading
Scenes from the Wire
Last week Zach Whalen reminded me of a tumblr site Ryan Brazell turned me onto last year: “Scenes from the Wire”. The tumblr is run by a bot—an art form Zach turned me onto yesterday—that automatically creates GIFs with subtitles numerous … Continue reading
Wire 106: S01E11 “The Hunt”
Meredith Fierro, Jessica Reingold, Paul Bond and I discussed Episode 11 of Season 1 of The Wire: “The Hunt.” This was special for me because it’s the first time we had UMW students enrolled in ds106 join the discussions about the … Continue reading
Wire 106: S01E10 “The Cost”
Paul Bond and I discuss Episode 10 of Season 1 of The Wire: “The Cost.” And as you may have guessed, this episode is all about, well, the cost of it all. Also, Wire 106 internaut Maggie Stough provides and … Continue reading
Wire 106: Week 2 “Building the Community”
OK, week 1 is done, and Paul Bond and I have been extremely impressed with what we have seen thus far. The wire106 crew is going to be a crack team of digital storytellers. Paul apologizes in advance for not … Continue reading
Wire 106: S01E09 “Game Day”
This is our discussion about the 9th episode of Season 1 of The Wire: “Game Day.” And that’s nine episodes of The Wire by the first week of class—that’s pretty awesome. And if you have kept up with them so … Continue reading
Wire 106: S01E08 “Lessons”
This is our discussion about the 8th episode of Season 1 of The Wire: “Lessons.” As I mentioned in the last discussion post, in the coming weeks we will be live streaming these discussions for anyone to join from the wire106 … Continue reading
Wire106: S01E07 “One Arrest”
This is our discussion about the 7th episode of Season 1 of The Wire: “One Arrest.” In the coming weeks we will be live streaming these discussions for anyone to join from the wire106 course and beyond. Also, we will … Continue reading