My brother was a diabetic, he and I watched the wire religiously. Had he been alive today he would love your Channel and be down to debate, I wonder what he would think of your commentary. I’m subscribing for me and him.
@@AMansWorldPodcast I’m definitely loving it, immediately it brought a smile to my face.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰Because all we used to do was watch it over and over. And he hated Stringer Bell Prop Joe and Omar were his Man’s in his head, he always said he’d never trust Prop Joe but he respected him. And Omar well he ain’t care about him being gay in his mind Omar was a straight Gee with an old school mentality. Keep up the good work, I’ll be watching 💯💯💯💯💯✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Can we take a moment to realize how GREAT the kid actors were in this show! Wow. To have so many different personalities and the way it meshed is amazing. They did very well.
They're great because most of them were trained by Robert F. Chew (r.i.p), the actor that played Prop Joe. Needless to say they were also crazy talented too, that perfection cannot be achieved only by training.
Prop Joe was perfectly slick. You don't get to be Grandpa of the drug game in a major city without being perfectly slick. The theme of season 4 and season 5 is changing of the guard. The ways that were established in the '80s and '90s are over and a young kids are new breed and that's what Marlo represents, along with Michael, Namond and Dookie.
The wire is the best show I ve ever seen. You can re-watch the show so many times and catch small intentions behind people's discussions. Prop Joe was the best example of it. Always a card in hand until he faced a player who didn't play by his rules
Avon is also more cultured than we are led to believe. He makes references to the Civil War era book 'Man Without A Country' , the 'Day of the Jackal' and other things a gang boss wouldn't normally talk about. Stringer by contrast prefers boring management type books like the one in the meets he has and economics journals. Avon is a listener of RnB and gangsta rap, Stringer has nothing in his car but his own voice. Although he is brutal and undoubtedly a villain, Avon is still one of the people, whereas Stringer is remote and as foreign as Idris Elba himself is. In Marlo's organization it's the opposite- Michael is the remote, aloof one with a smart brain while Chris and Snoop are the cheery assassins with a professional rep and music always in the car. Yet Michael is the one we can relate to, the other two are psychos.
Stringer had a copy of the wealth of nations. Not a boring management book at all. He was a thinker, 8r he had the opportunity he would have made it to the C suite. He was sneaky enough.
@@AMansWorldPodcast naah i cant front theres one other one but this lowkey is like a hood version of unsolved mysteries except we all are slightly more familiar with the storie(s). the ecstatic, the newport lit and everything.
Prop Joe was highly intelligent, but the thing is he started to trust the wrong people in Marlo an didn’t see his nephew as a potential liability fast enough which also was the case with Marlo. Prop Joe got too comfortable. Can never get too comfortable in the drug game or in life period. Always got to be at least two steps ahead in life . Great breakdown of Proposition Joe . Keep up the good work 👍🏽
I don't think he ever trusted Marlo. He simply couldn't find a way around him, so he used his only card, which was mentoring him. He couldn't extinguish the uncomfortability Marlo brought him. Too dangerous and relentless Marlo was a hybrid of the game. He embodied ALL of the different traits it makes to make a boss. His brilliance allowed him to manifest those different traits in different measures at different times....at will. It had to be this way. I look at it like this...it took the best of the best to end him. Says something about Prop.
Of a man's gonna have a weakness, family is gonna be it. Avon was weak for his nephew too. What remotely decent person doesn't extend themselves for family in trouble?
@Rayon Johnson Ever see/read Lord of The Flies? Piggy is the voice of reason in a chaotic situation, and eventually they just got tired of listening to his words and dropped a rock on his head. For no other reason than to shut him up. Piggy wasn't particularly influential, he wasn't physically strong, and he was vision impaired to the point where he was almost handicapped. But he wouldn't shut up.
@Rayon Johnson if you are uneducated and you haven’t read many books. Then you wouldn’t understand the nuances in this conversation. And you won’t understand why everything you said is wrong. For example. How would the co-op take on marlo and his empire. When they couldn’t even handle a bunch of New York niggas from out of town? They needed marlo to come clean up that mess for them. If you can’t run out of towners off your corners and out your city. Then you won’t win a war against the most ruthless organization in Baltimore! Prop joe jumped in too deep of waters when he fucked with marlo. We must come to terms that when it comes to this street shit marlo reigns supreme! He’s unmatched intellectually and emotionally!
Stringer came from the angle stop the war get the money Joe would switch his up one moment you want Marlo to join then next you wanted to play father. Joe biggest downfall was he taught Marlo way to much of the game especially if deep down he didn't trust him. The only thing Joe didn't do was give Marlo his SSN 🤣🤣🤣
Cap.....they didn't underestimate him. Once Marlo made contact with the Plug (The Greeks) it was a done deal. Joe had the plug & Marlo had the muscle. Once he was available to lay eyes on Prop Joe'z plug, he then took matters into his own hands
@Rayon Johnson he underestimated marlo plain and simple. Joe never thought that marlo could ever turn the Greeks against him. That’s the definition of underestimate!
I used to watch the Wire on repeat forever too! Took a much needed break from it and just got back into it again. These breakdowns are amazing companion pieces. Excellent!
That’s why marlo was ruthless but smart as hell he let prop joe school him even more into the game farther than what he already knew then had his family turn on him and take him out to be the KING FOR a SHORT PERIOD.
The irony of Joe being a wise teacher in the end the young man teach Joe a life lesson... Joe: I can just step out the way Marlo: Joe, you'd be into mischief in no time, you won't feel nothing.. close your eyes.
The interesting thing I found about Prop Joe is how skilled he was at manipulating how others perceived him. He told Omar in his first encounter with him during the peace talks between Stringer that 'if you ever robbed from me, I'd kill your whole family'. Similarly, in S2 when Sergei brings Nicky to explain what Cheese had done to Ziggy he comes across considerably more intimidating than he did during his talks with Stringer, Marlo and even Omar later on. I think it was his understanding of social psychology that kept him ahead of the game for so long. He always knew exactly what to say to anyone. However his downfall was still adhering to the old school ways and practices and codes of conduct and respect and not realising that Marlo and even his own kin Cheese belonged to the new breed.
He gained trust threw MANIPULATION!! Marlo was very careful and didn’t really trust nobody but his team that’s how he played joes game to get him... I’m deep into the wire just like u bro keep up the good work
@@dscgodflow6663 Davis is a gravy train rider and utterly selfish, claiming to drag everyone down with him if the cops get to his misdeeds. Unlike Joe he has real political power and consorts with his cabal of advisors and Burrell. Joe is always trying to propose deals that will benefit him, but also save himself from retaliation if anything goes wrong. Davis ,also unlike Joe doesn't have any redeeming features at all. He can't fix machines, hires only sycophants and wants people to owe him all the time. No one is actually loyal to Clay, whereas Joe has Slim and for the most time, Cheese and Spiros. If Joe and Clay were to have a meet, Joe would come out on top because he can play Clay , but Clay can't play him because he is not used to dealing with his peers.
This dude got one of the most deep understandings of “The Wire”. legit enjoying these videos. Dropping a sub for the future. Hope you do all factions, not just the drug game.
i fukkz wit this whole presentation bro. Slim is my favorite character but your breakdown makes me truly ponder on how even him and prop joe really were. its super fitting that Slim was the one who took cheese out
Excellent analysis bruh! Prop Joes was one of my favorites. When Omar confronts him in the fix it shop is one of my all time favorite scenes. And you are 100% right on Stringer. He projected his love of money on everyone else.
My guy did a good ass job breaking it down. I almost shut it down when I realized that someone was gonna be telling me about the show that I watched. Glad I didn’t. Well done kid
I hate that no one I know has seen the wire. I can’t express the complexities and constant good and evil parallels. I appreciate you so much. Keep doing what you do
You can tell you watched this mad times . What makes chase and the writers so great is they explained none of this characterization. Which left a lane for you . Your insight is A+.
This is why Avon said " The difference between you & me is I bleed red...You bleed green " Stringers biggest mistake was losing the gangster in him & believing he could become a strait up business man just by taking some community college business classes. Stringer was a big fish in his pond but once he jumped into the ocean of the real business world he was a goldfish among sharks like Senator Clay Davis . #sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Stringer's most empathetic moment was when he thought they had a snitch in the pit and he told Dee to stop paying them lmao and that's not even empathy that's just playing them into a corner as Dee says
This was nearly perfect analysis. Deep. I rarely subscribe but this was spot on street knowledge... something most youngins don't know, or wanna know. Well done friend
I think an aspect of Prop-Joes personality that gets downplayed vastly is his genius level intellect, because Prop-Joe hands down was the smartest of all the players on The Wire. For Prop-Joe to maneuver through that under-world the way that he did by manipulating ALL of the major players in order to benefit himself, takes a high level of intelligence to a point where his instincts borders clairvoyance. If Prop-Joe would’ve kept the schematic of being cerebral in place, he would’ve cut his losses with Cheese, who eventually was the sole reason for his downfall, though of course Marlo (another character who’s intellect gets downplayed tremendously) had a hand in it as well.
I think Marlo and Avon had him beat on pure instinct. Omar to me was the smartest on the whole show, then Daniels/Freemon. Prop was smarter than most of the other smart characters other than maybe Levy and The Greek but his inability to read Marlo correct just like String takes him down. They both made the same mistake and it got them killed.
The wire has always been my top favorite show next to the corner that was made here aswell there will be no other show like it just because some episodes was based on true stories with real hustlers in it I’m from Baltimore born & raised & nothing comes more realer then the wire # keep up the good work bro I just started watching you yesterday & couldn’t stop I definitely subscribe lol
Good to see a philly boy do his thing. Could tell by your look and the way you carry yourself. Then i finally peeped the SP tat on your chest in one of the videos. You're doing great, dog. Respect from up Torresdale Ave..
Came to this channel as a casual observer and fine of the The Wire....leaving with a different perspective on the importance of empathy as a leadership principle. I need to make some things right with my team. Thank you.
Glad I found your Channel Bro Me & My Brothers & Homies Talk Shop about The Wire All The Time, Conversations be Never Ending when it comes to this Show, Respect to your Channel Bro 💪🏽💪🏽💯💯
Real Sh**! Me & my folks do the same thing. I made solid long term friendships behind discussions of the wire. The show is a beautiful way to bond with people & share your ideas of the world…because the show touches on every aspect of modern society. Thanks for the exchange bro👌🏽💯
You on it, kinfolk! I was reading the comments on one of you videos last night and you asked "who should you do next?" Someone said "prop Joe" and you said give me an hour or two... And I'll be damn if, you ain't hit the nail on the head, AGAIN! 💯💪🏾
What an amazing show. I loved the character Prop Joe - such a rich character in a show full of rich characters. Omar, Stringer, Avon, Bodie, McNulty, Bunk, Jay, etc. - you could make a list as long as your arm. Any one of those characters is more real than probably the single-most real character on any other show. Great video, and I appreciated your insights on Joe, I think they are 100% correct.
Stringer lacked empathy because he has no family..he seems like he learned lessons about the game later than Wee Bey and Avon..hence why they were alive in Season 5,and not him.
Good point. It never actually occured to me that Bell’s family history is never mentioned. I’m guessing the Barkdales raised him as one of their own as he and Avon were best friends. Would explain why Avon was #1 and Stringer was #2. Stringer never struck me as the kind of person to submit to authority.
I know where proposition Joe went wrong at is when he introduced marlo to the connect because once he did that by introducing Marlowe to the Kinect that is where proposition Joe bucked up and that's what got him kilt .
I just found your channel. Props to some of the best The Wire commentary on TH-cam or anywhere. You should have way more followers. I appreciate your great insights.
Great articulation without fumbling over big words. Great background music. An u also make great insightful points that breath new life into the show. If u didn't have any clips, I could still listen to u just sittin there talkin about it because the ambiance you've created and the way u work the camera is also very engaging. Keep up the good work, ur the 1st hood TH-camr that I don't have to support jus cuz.
Great Analysis!! Your part of the video where you said prop Joe was a good leader because he could speak to his audience and they all language the bakers, fishers in terms of the can understand. This is one of the laws in the 48 laws of power. Law 24: Play the Perfect Courtier
great observation 👌🏽 I love all of Robert greens books. he's good at articulating things that we already do and understand...but just cant put in words.
Joe kept everybody afloat and moving along far longer than they would've. Helped Omar get a shot he would've never gotten against Avon, helped Stringer and Avon keep their money coming in when they were vulnerable with his good dope. Kept about 4 people in business with the co-op when they were displaced by development, kept Cheese alive long enough to be his undoing and basically gave the crown to Marlo through his coaching. Dude was the only dude that the Greeks liked even though they didn't care about the street. His character gets better with every watch. Dude was old school and you can tell by his 'mistakes' or soft moments that they were due to him following a code of family first and could even see someone like Marlo in a fatherly way. When he told Marlo he saw him as a son he wasn't lying, which is why Marlo didn't call him a liar and pointed out that he wasn't mean to play the son acknowledging that Joe did shit for him he didn't do for anyone else. He was also a master manipulator and was willier than a fox. Dude is the uncle everybody needs. Fuck Cheese
Bro I just got put on to your videos and I must say these are some of the best analytics towards this show I have ever seen the wire is the best show ever not just because I'm from Baltimore but because a lot of these things still go on in today's society keep up the good work bro
Slim, your analysis is on point! Your stuff is top notch and is much appreciated. The Wire is my favorite show and I see it must be yours also. You just got a new subscriber.
This commentator is beyond wise and brilliant.My favorite crime shows are Boardwalk Empire and Michael Mann's crime story.I never understood all the hoopla over The Wire or Sopranos.Thanks to this Genius critic/Prof./Educator/and his commentary,now I do.
Thanks bro I truly appreciate your comment💯 I just want people to rewatch the show. Almost every hbo series from the late 90s early 2000s was great. The corner, oz, sopranos, the wire. Etc
I stumbled across ur page and I love it. I’m a die hard Wire fan and u have a new follower. Love the way u break the characters down. It’s on point. 💯🙌🏽
Thanks for talking about Proposition Joe . Your narrative is great . People must realize it wasn't them who brought them down it was the police because if it wasn't they would have continued until they died of old age .
I always liked stringer's approach...well mind set "not killing for killing's sake" he had no problem snatching a life but trying to be billy bad @$$ but he ultimately died because he didnt respect the rules
his business relies on territory. He was likening the drug trade to shoe stores or Starbucks, but his business takes corners by force. And that always leads to beef. Stringer was the one who put essentially one hired gun against another (Omar vs Brother) and screwed Avon over in the process.
Before you even hop into the videos you hit the nail on the head. I love your videos. I'm a true Wire fan. Used to stay up as a kid when my parents were asleep to watch The Wire and Real Sex. Iykyk 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Yoo bro I've seen all kinds of analysis on this show for years on TH-cam. Superb work. You could teach a class off The Wire. Keep putting out dope content.
Joe abided by the 48 laws of power… and he played his position to the T his only mess up was not getting rid of Marlo before he got too powerful and before he had no use for joe anymore.
My brother was a diabetic, he and I watched the wire religiously. Had he been alive today he would love your Channel and be down to debate, I wonder what he would think of your commentary. I’m subscribing for me and him.
Aww wow Biacca, I’m honored🙏 sorry for your loss. Hopefully my channel can provides you some entertainment & peace of mind🖤
@@AMansWorldPodcast I’m definitely loving it, immediately it brought a smile to my face.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰Because all we used to do was watch it over and over. And he hated Stringer Bell Prop Joe and Omar were his Man’s in his head, he always said he’d never trust Prop Joe but he respected him. And Omar well he ain’t care about him being gay in his mind Omar was a straight Gee with an old school mentality. Keep up the good work, I’ll be watching 💯💯💯💯💯✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Condolences, my sister and I have bonded over this show. Our come in Southside NY it's as if we knew all of the characters .
@@AMansWorldPodcast These videos fire…crazy to get this all broke down this way keep it up brotha !!!
Sorry for ya loss Miss Green.
Best line from Joe “..my nephew huh?….boy always was a disappointment 😞”
Yoo this just had me cracking up 🤣 definitely was his best line 💯
@@AMansWorldPodcast lol cheese was bird
Boy got more bodies than a Chinese cemetery lol
We all got one 🤦🏽♂️
"Don't think we ever met (though he already knew Omar on the low!) Proposition Joe you steal from me I'll kill your whole family! 😆 🤣 😂
"Beware the elderly in a profession where people usually die young."
The Military is one...
Great bit of wisdom.
Deep
Welcome to reality
Can we take a moment to realize how GREAT the kid actors were in this show! Wow. To have so many different personalities and the way it meshed is amazing. They did very well.
They did almost perfect 👍
Yes they were and yet barely get shown any love today
@@CarlosPerez-ut5ze Micheal b Jordan is a Hollywood star
They're great because most of them were trained by Robert F. Chew (r.i.p), the actor that played Prop Joe. Needless to say they were also crazy talented too, that perfection cannot be achieved only by training.
Namond was annoying af. So was Snitching Randy.
Prop Joe was too slick for his own good. Stringer "thought" he was slick.
Exactly
Prop Joe was perfectly slick. You don't get to be Grandpa of the drug game in a major city without being perfectly slick. The theme of season 4 and season 5 is changing of the guard. The ways that were established in the '80s and '90s are over and a young kids are new breed and that's what Marlo represents, along with Michael, Namond and Dookie.
The wire is the best show I ve ever seen. You can re-watch the show so many times and catch small intentions behind people's discussions. Prop Joe was the best example of it. Always a card in hand until he faced a player who didn't play by his rules
Avon is also more cultured than we are led to believe. He makes references to the Civil War era book 'Man Without A Country' , the 'Day of the Jackal' and other things a gang boss wouldn't normally talk about. Stringer by contrast prefers boring management type books like the one in the meets he has and economics journals. Avon is a listener of RnB and gangsta rap, Stringer has nothing in his car but his own voice. Although he is brutal and undoubtedly a villain, Avon is still one of the people, whereas Stringer is remote and as foreign as Idris Elba himself is.
In Marlo's organization it's the opposite- Michael is the remote, aloof one with a smart brain while Chris and Snoop are the cheery assassins with a professional rep and music always in the car. Yet Michael is the one we can relate to, the other two are psychos.
Good observations 👌🏽💯
I wouldn't call Chris and Snoop Psychopaths I would call them Sociopaths the difference Phycopaths are born that way. Sociopaths are made that way.
Stringer had a copy of the wealth of nations. Not a boring management book at all. He was a thinker, 8r he had the opportunity he would have made it to the C suite. He was sneaky enough.
Homie, your analysis of the show should be a college course on makavilian tactics.
Yo man your wire breakdowns are amazing! This sounds like a college course of the show🤣
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@Badd Newz hood look bro stick around
@Eddy Deniro aww man don’t pump me up 😂😂
Literally
@@AMansWorldPodcast naah i cant front theres one other one but this lowkey is like a hood version of unsolved mysteries except we all are slightly more familiar with the storie(s). the ecstatic, the newport lit and everything.
String was gullible. Joe roped him in with that Charlie Sollers line
Prop Joe was highly intelligent, but the thing is he started to trust the wrong people in Marlo an didn’t see his nephew as a potential liability fast enough which also was the case with Marlo. Prop Joe got too comfortable. Can never get too comfortable in the drug game or in life period. Always got to be at least two steps ahead in life . Great breakdown of Proposition Joe . Keep up the good work 👍🏽
I don't think he ever trusted Marlo.
He simply couldn't find a way around him, so he used his only card, which was mentoring him.
He couldn't extinguish the uncomfortability Marlo brought him.
Too dangerous and relentless
Marlo was a hybrid of the game. He embodied ALL of the different traits it makes to make a boss.
His brilliance allowed him to manifest those different traits in different measures at different times....at will.
It had to be this way.
I look at it like this...it took the best of the best to end him.
Says something about Prop.
Of a man's gonna have a weakness, family is gonna be it. Avon was weak for his nephew too. What remotely decent person doesn't extend themselves for family in trouble?
@Rayon Johnson Ever see/read Lord of The Flies? Piggy is the voice of reason in a chaotic situation, and eventually they just got tired of listening to his words and dropped a rock on his head. For no other reason than to shut him up. Piggy wasn't particularly influential, he wasn't physically strong, and he was vision impaired to the point where he was almost handicapped. But he wouldn't shut up.
He didn’t trust him he just undermined his ambition
@Rayon Johnson if you are uneducated and you haven’t read many books. Then you wouldn’t understand the nuances in this conversation. And you won’t understand why everything you said is wrong. For example. How would the co-op take on marlo and his empire. When they couldn’t even handle a bunch of New York niggas from out of town? They needed marlo to come clean up that mess for them. If you can’t run out of towners off your corners and out your city. Then you won’t win a war against the most ruthless organization in Baltimore! Prop joe jumped in too deep of waters when he fucked with marlo. We must come to terms that when it comes to this street shit marlo reigns supreme! He’s unmatched intellectually and emotionally!
You do an incredible job brother. You’re super insightful and your delivery is top notch. Very engaging.
Thanks bro I appreciate that💯
@@AMansWorldPodcast One question:
How often did you watch the show? :D
@@dieterdietert7232it depends
Stringer Bell and Prop Joe made the mistake of underestimating Marlo.
Yup
Stringer came from the angle stop the war get the money
Joe would switch his up one moment you want Marlo to join then next you wanted to play father. Joe biggest downfall was he taught Marlo way to much of the game especially if deep down he didn't trust him. The only thing Joe didn't do was give Marlo his SSN 🤣🤣🤣
Cap.....they didn't underestimate him. Once Marlo made contact with the Plug (The Greeks) it was a done deal. Joe had the plug & Marlo had the muscle. Once he was available to lay eyes on Prop Joe'z plug, he then took matters into his own hands
@Rayon Johnson he underestimated marlo plain and simple. Joe never thought that marlo could ever turn the Greeks against him. That’s the definition of underestimate!
@@3000Degreez joe thinking he would be safe by introducing marlo to the plug. That is what you call underestimate!
I used to watch the Wire on repeat forever too! Took a much needed break from it and just got back into it again. These breakdowns are amazing companion pieces. Excellent!
You too? i don't feel so bad now lol
I do that too! I'm about to start another rewatch 😁
@@nobadvibestv lmao it must be a crazy in all of us lol
I think Slim Charles was Prop Joe's best student.
For sure 👌🏽
He was The Best Student and At the End Slim Was Left King
They could start up the show again off the strength of slim alone
@@Corsocon word up
@@thakurv1 kinda wish they would. I heard that the FBI contacted producers about the wire being to realistic and making the dealers too smart
That’s why marlo was ruthless but smart as hell he let prop joe school him even more into the game farther than what he already knew then had his family turn on him and take him out to be the KING FOR a SHORT PERIOD.
Facts 👌🏽
@@AMansWorldPodcast you know the vibes keep up the good work fam duke and stay safe son .
He just made me realize how much Stringer Bell was exactly like Kleinfeld from Carlitos way.
The irony of Joe being a wise teacher in the end the young man teach Joe a life lesson...
Joe: I can just step out the way
Marlo: Joe, you'd be into mischief in no time, you won't feel nothing.. close your eyes.
Prop got lesson only because he had nephew cheese eard on something he shouldn't have heard. The play he put down on Marlo using Omar
The interesting thing I found about Prop Joe is how skilled he was at manipulating how others perceived him. He told Omar in his first encounter with him during the peace talks between Stringer that 'if you ever robbed from me, I'd kill your whole family'.
Similarly, in S2 when Sergei brings Nicky to explain what Cheese had done to Ziggy he comes across considerably more intimidating than he did during his talks with Stringer, Marlo and even Omar later on.
I think it was his understanding of social psychology that kept him ahead of the game for so long. He always knew exactly what to say to anyone.
However his downfall was still adhering to the old school ways and practices and codes of conduct and respect and not realising that Marlo and even his own kin Cheese belonged to the new breed.
He only said that to Omar in front of stringer so it would look like Joe had never met Omar before even though they knew each other
He gained trust threw MANIPULATION!! Marlo was very careful and didn’t really trust nobody but his team that’s how he played joes game to get him... I’m deep into the wire just like u bro keep up the good work
Prop Joe's method of frontloading the proposition only to backdoor u in the end seems eerily akin 2 modern day marriage. Excellent opening champ.
Joe spoke in metaphors and entreaties heavily.
That’s a old head trick lol my old heads used to do the same to me
This cat knows his shit people. I've seen this show 5+ times and thought I had it figured out but these are eye opening
Finally!! Someone who understands The Wire.
I watch the wire once a year and still miss these little things lol.
Subbed
Prop Joe and Clay Davis were my two favorite characters.
Lol clay one of my favorites too
They were literally the same person different career imo
Shieeeeeeeeet
@@dscgodflow6663 Davis is a gravy train rider and utterly selfish, claiming to drag everyone down with him if the cops get to his misdeeds. Unlike Joe he has real political power and consorts with his cabal of advisors and Burrell. Joe is always trying to propose deals that will benefit him, but also save himself from retaliation if anything goes wrong.
Davis ,also unlike Joe doesn't have any redeeming features at all. He can't fix machines, hires only sycophants and wants people to owe him all the time. No one is actually loyal to Clay, whereas Joe has Slim and for the most time, Cheese and Spiros. If Joe and Clay were to have a meet, Joe would come out on top because he can play Clay , but Clay can't play him because he is not used to dealing with his peers.
Clay Davis was the shit lol
Could you do one on Cutty he’s one of my favorite characters and I like how they parallel him and Avon.
Yea I got you bro. Cutty look & act just like my pop lol that’s gone be fun
This dude got one of the most deep understandings of “The Wire”.
legit enjoying these videos. Dropping a sub for the future.
Hope you do all factions, not just the drug game.
i fukkz wit this whole presentation bro. Slim is my favorite character but your breakdown makes me truly ponder on how even him and prop joe really were. its super fitting that Slim was the one who took cheese out
Excellent analysis bruh! Prop Joes was one of my favorites. When Omar confronts him in the fix it shop is one of my all time favorite scenes. And you are 100% right on Stringer. He projected his love of money on everyone else.
You killin these jawns cuz. You see The Wire exactly the way I see it. Salute. 👍🏾👍🏾✊🏾
Thanks bro, im gone keep em coming 💯
My guy did a good ass job breaking it down. I almost shut it down when I realized that someone was gonna be telling me about the show that I watched. Glad I didn’t. Well done kid
Even when Joe got BB'd he still ruled and was respected from the heavens. In my opinion Joe with Slim ruled the game after all went down.
Damn, you break this down better than any professor. Love it
He is the professor!
I hate that no one I know has seen the wire. I can’t express the complexities and constant good and evil parallels. I appreciate you so much. Keep doing what you do
You can tell you watched this mad times . What makes chase and the writers so great is they explained none of this characterization. Which left a lane for you . Your insight is A+.
I love the way they light Omar. Lots of classic paintings of saints the face glows/flashes the same way.
What an extraordinary loss.
dis channel better than some tv shows 💯💯💯🎯
Thanks homie 👌🏽💯
Facts! One of Omar’s best lines was “It ain’t about your money Bro”
He clearly said "bruh"
This is why Avon said " The difference between you & me is I bleed red...You bleed green " Stringers biggest mistake was losing the gangster in him & believing he could become a strait up business man just by taking some community college business classes. Stringer was a big fish in his pond but once he jumped into the ocean of the real business world he was a goldfish among sharks like Senator Clay Davis . #sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Stringer's most empathetic moment was when he thought they had a snitch in the pit and he told Dee to stop paying them lmao and that's not even empathy that's just playing them into a corner as Dee says
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This was nearly perfect analysis. Deep. I rarely subscribe but this was spot on street knowledge... something most youngins don't know, or wanna know. Well done friend
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I think an aspect of Prop-Joes personality that gets downplayed vastly is his genius level intellect, because Prop-Joe hands down was the smartest of all the players on The Wire. For Prop-Joe to maneuver through that under-world the way that he did by manipulating ALL of the major players in order to benefit himself, takes a high level of intelligence to a point where his instincts borders clairvoyance. If Prop-Joe would’ve kept the schematic of being cerebral in place, he would’ve cut his losses with Cheese, who eventually was the sole reason for his downfall, though of course Marlo (another character who’s intellect gets downplayed tremendously) had a hand in it as well.
Great insight bro👌🏽. I’ll cover that one of these days 💯
Oh please..
Everybody should’ve known, including Prop Joe that Marlo is to be taken out. You can’t do business with someone like Marlo!
I think Marlo and Avon had him beat on pure instinct. Omar to me was the smartest on the whole show, then Daniels/Freemon. Prop was smarter than most of the other smart characters other than maybe Levy and The Greek but his inability to read Marlo correct just like String takes him down. They both made the same mistake and it got them killed.
The wire has always been my top favorite show next to the corner that was made here aswell there will be no other show like it just because some episodes was based on true stories with real hustlers in it I’m from Baltimore born & raised & nothing comes more realer then the wire # keep up the good work bro I just started watching you yesterday & couldn’t stop I definitely subscribe lol
Great indepth analysis. I've watched every season 4 or 5 times over the years and still learning new things about this! Great job!
Good to see a philly boy do his thing. Could tell by your look and the way you carry yourself. Then i finally peeped the SP tat on your chest in one of the videos. You're doing great, dog. Respect from up Torresdale Ave..
What i love about marlo tho he isn't all to worried either way he knows being king comes with a 🎯 and he is ready for it all in his heart
Facts 👌🏽
unlike Stringer, he came into the leadership game hard and with an army of his own. Which is how you take the throne, up front.
Came to this channel as a casual observer and fine of the The Wire....leaving with a different perspective on the importance of empathy as a leadership principle. I need to make some things right with my team. Thank you.
Damn I’m humble homie. I’m glad ANYTHING I said could help someone in their real work life💯 empathy is a small emotion, but can be a powerful skill
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Real Sh**! Me & my folks do the same thing. I made solid long term friendships behind discussions of the wire. The show is a beautiful way to bond with people & share your ideas of the world…because the show touches on every aspect of modern society. Thanks for the exchange bro👌🏽💯
The best part of watching a movie or a great series is the breakdown and detailed analysis of characters and situations. You are Amazing Sir!
Keep these wire videos up , it’s fire . Even do Power bro
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You on it, kinfolk! I was reading the comments on one of you videos last night and you asked "who should you do next?" Someone said "prop Joe" and you said give me an hour or two... And I'll be damn if, you ain't hit the nail on the head, AGAIN! 💯💪🏾
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What an amazing show. I loved the character Prop Joe - such a rich character in a show full of rich characters. Omar, Stringer, Avon, Bodie, McNulty, Bunk, Jay, etc. - you could make a list as long as your arm. Any one of those characters is more real than probably the single-most real character on any other show.
Great video, and I appreciated your insights on Joe, I think they are 100% correct.
Stringer lacked empathy because he has no family..he seems like he learned lessons about the game later than Wee Bey and Avon..hence why they were alive in Season 5,and not him.
Good point. It never actually occured to me that Bell’s family history is never mentioned. I’m guessing the Barkdales raised him as one of their own as he and Avon were best friends. Would explain why Avon was #1 and Stringer was #2. Stringer never struck me as the kind of person to submit to authority.
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All the real wire fans know season 1 & 3 is the best 👌🏽 but thanks bro I appreciate the love 4real💯
Seasons 1 and 3 are best but they all fit together
I know where proposition Joe went wrong at is when he introduced marlo to the connect because once he did that by introducing Marlowe to the Kinect that is where proposition Joe bucked up and that's what got him kilt .
Love the way you change up the way you speak to make this sound extra professional. Excellent breakdown of my favorite show btw
I just found your channel. Props to some of the best The Wire commentary on TH-cam or anywhere. You should have way more followers. I appreciate your great insights.
Thanks bro. Stick around, I’m gone keep em coming.
I feel like the writers of The Wire come and watch these videos and be like "aaahhhh this guy, HE gets it" you're always spot on
good analysis, and you got the voice for radio!
You should do a video on Lester the cop. He was the one to find Avon’s true identity
I really like how you sit in the dark room and smoothly "run that game".... good analysis, yo!!
Great articulation without fumbling over big words. Great background music. An u also make great insightful points that breath new life into the show. If u didn't have any clips, I could still listen to u just sittin there talkin about it because the ambiance you've created and the way u work the camera is also very engaging. Keep up the good work, ur the 1st hood TH-camr that I don't have to support jus cuz.
Thanks homie I appreciate that. 💪🏽stick around the channel, we can use your intellect.. I can tell your a good observer. 👀
Bro keep this going....This was TIGHT! I've seen the series at least 10 times and learn more and more each time. Great job👌
Everytime I watch the wire I learn something new too bro
Man I wish these videos was longer lol.....your explanation and analysis on the wire is elite man, keep it bro 💪🏾
Great Analysis!! Your part of the video where you said prop Joe was a good leader because he could speak to his audience and they all language the bakers, fishers in terms of the can understand. This is one of the laws in the 48 laws of power. Law 24: Play the Perfect Courtier
great observation 👌🏽 I love all of Robert greens books. he's good at articulating things that we already do and understand...but just cant put in words.
@@AMansWorldPodcast when I listen to you, I hear under currents of the 48 laws of power. All the time in a lot of your analysis
If "too smart for your own good" was a person
Bro the way u break this down is incredible keep up the good content 🔥
These Wire breakdowns are incredible
Joe kept everybody afloat and moving along far longer than they would've. Helped Omar get a shot he would've never gotten against Avon, helped Stringer and Avon keep their money coming in when they were vulnerable with his good dope. Kept about 4 people in business with the co-op when they were displaced by development, kept Cheese alive long enough to be his undoing and basically gave the crown to Marlo through his coaching.
Dude was the only dude that the Greeks liked even though they didn't care about the street. His character gets better with every watch. Dude was old school and you can tell by his 'mistakes' or soft moments that they were due to him following a code of family first and could even see someone like Marlo in a fatherly way. When he told Marlo he saw him as a son he wasn't lying, which is why Marlo didn't call him a liar and pointed out that he wasn't mean to play the son acknowledging that Joe did shit for him he didn't do for anyone else.
He was also a master manipulator and was willier than a fox. Dude is the uncle everybody needs. Fuck Cheese
I like the way you break that Omar made his legend in the war against the Barksdale gang.
Bro I just got put on to your videos and I must say these are some of the best analytics towards this show I have ever seen the wire is the best show ever not just because I'm from Baltimore but because a lot of these things still go on in today's society keep up the good work bro
I would like to hear your prospective on "TOP Boy" its basically like the wire in the UK. It's on Netflix
This!
U are deep bruh ur insight on the characters r heavy. Actually my fav was Wee Bay never saw it like that
Slim, your analysis is on point! Your stuff is top notch and is much appreciated. The Wire is my favorite show and I see it must be yours also. You just got a new subscriber.
it definitely is.. I appreciated the sub bro. stick around I'm gone keep it coming💯
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Keep doing your thing 💯
Great analysis from a great show.
This commentator is beyond wise and brilliant.My favorite crime shows are Boardwalk Empire and Michael Mann's crime story.I never understood all the hoopla over The Wire or Sopranos.Thanks to this Genius critic/Prof./Educator/and his commentary,now I do.
Thanks bro I truly appreciate your comment💯 I just want people to rewatch the show. Almost every hbo series from the late 90s early 2000s was great. The corner, oz, sopranos, the wire. Etc
I love your analysis on The Wire. I have enjoyed your perspective and started rewatching the show again because of your videos. 👏🏼🖐🏼👍🏼
I really like these type of breakdown videos, I’m 17 and learning from this video
I’ll make another video to help you more 💯 thanks for watching
I stumbled across ur page and I love it. I’m a die hard Wire fan and u have a new follower. Love the way u break the characters down. It’s on point. 💯🙌🏽
Thanks shekeia 🙏 all my fellow wire fans are welcome 💯 stick around I got more coming
This is an amazing video. Great analysis and insight. Exceptional quality in the Wire analysis world. Subscribed :-)
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Dropping mad knowledge on us. Really love your analysis and thoughts. Thank you.
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Thanks for talking about Proposition Joe . Your narrative is great . People must realize it wasn't them who brought them down it was the police because if it wasn't they would have continued until they died of old age .
Dawg, you need to do a watch party with everyone and then break it down or open the chat for Q&A
Right 🤔 immA think of something for us do. I need to start live streaming
I always liked stringer's approach...well mind set "not killing for killing's sake" he had no problem snatching a life but trying to be billy bad @$$ but he ultimately died because he didnt respect the rules
his business relies on territory. He was likening the drug trade to shoe stores or Starbucks, but his business takes corners by force. And that always leads to beef. Stringer was the one who put essentially one hired gun against another (Omar vs Brother) and screwed Avon over in the process.
Before you even hop into the videos you hit the nail on the head. I love your videos. I'm a true Wire fan. Used to stay up as a kid when my parents were asleep to watch The Wire and Real Sex. Iykyk 🤦♂️🤷♂️
DOPE ass video man. Need one on Butchie
Yoo bro I've seen all kinds of analysis on this show for years on TH-cam. Superb work. You could teach a class off The Wire. Keep putting out dope content.
Thanks homie. I got something coming 💯
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Brilliant breakdown!
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Thanks hamza. That’s my attribute also 👌🏽
Joe abided by the 48 laws of power… and he played his position to the T his only mess up was not getting rid of Marlo before he got too powerful and before he had no use for joe anymore.