I don’t understand why we keep seeing the same faces in movie theaters when even extras in the Wire had more acting skills than the average A-level star
nepotism, producers with limited vision and the fact that alot of movies are first pitched with a lead or supporting actor in mind and that's being done to maximize return on investment. and sadly the result is a wash of mediocre films with the same faces over and over : (. not to say that hollywood can't produce a good film tho
Movies are a huge investment so producers stick with safe talent with clear brands that give audiences what they want. They're not all terrible actors, but they fill roles that Hollywood movies frequently have. They only seem untalented because they're nailed their archetypes so well that they make it look easy.
What I want to know is, where the hell did they find this young actor to come in and do a two minute scene, where he gives an absolutely perfect, spot on, brilliant performance? Is Baltimore just awash with talented actors? Every single minor role in this show was filled with someone who turned in an Oscar worthy performance.
@@DodderingOldMan yes, he still does. He's had a couple appearances in Bones, Blackish, and another role that i can't quite remember the show at the moment that he just did a couple months ago. I have him in one of my videos from when i first started on YT.
Would love to see him go up against Bunk or Kima in an interrogation room, see him run his mouth and have a hay day with them. He's so young they wouldn't be able to get away with beating him up like they did with Bird LOL.
Just a show in real life gang banger be crying from a slap around hia peanut shaped head! Cons just don't talk like this in interview rooms they just piss themselves!
I love this scene. Colvin just needed to prove that these HS kids are just too seasoned, and I love the way he goes about it. he knows that these kids are always acting so HARD, so he simply puts the kid in a particular hypothetical situation in which the kid is rendered defenseless and very vulnerable. he was just too hard to play along. he broke that kid in 2 minutes.
Nailed it. Plus the scope is even greater because they're essentially saying any inner city kid beyond age 18 is without hope until they bottom out. Man this show is the best but it is fucking DEPRESSING.
Colvin came up from the same kind of neighborhood as these gangbangers. He understands what makes them tick. Look at the scene between him and Wee-Bey Bryce.
part people dont notice is, sean knew not to try colvin, it wasnt until the other guy spoke he tried to take his anger out on him. He knew which one was the weak one and which was the strong one. He respect colvin to ask him questions, but not the next guy
Speaks to the quality of be writing and the directors. You can get an amazing performance out of anyone if you can show them exactly what you envision them being.
The acting might be realistic but other than that this show is everything but realistic. Don't get me wrong, I do like the show and there are some real good individual interpretations of life on the street, but so many of the scenarios are just wonky as fuck. I cant remember how many times I told myself how unrealistic some of the shit is, but then I realize its just a TV show from 2002.
@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 judging by your avatar and your name, you wouldnt know the first thing about the streets of baltimore. Go sip a latte and do some yoga your opinion is trash.
@Di Maria that's the mistake he made, he got too personal, never let police know how you feel about anyone, he answered all their questions, not a good tactic
Actually crazy how well that Shawn guy acted for basically coming out of nowhere. Completely immersive performance didn't even feel like he was trying. Idk how the wire did it
They used a lot of local talent who were more than willing to share their time and stories. The creators grew up and worked in the system of Baltimore. Everyone on that show knew how real it was and how much they were trying to say about everything thats fucked up in our cities.
I dont think that's true just depends on the individual. I went to juvie 10 times from 13-18 and at 18 is actually when I changed and decided I didnt want to go to prison, haven't been back and been working a job ever since. Some guys don't want to change though, they're addicted to the street life and don't feel comfortable no other way.
What a dumb comment. There's no difference between 17 and 18. Hardly any between 16 and 18. They're all kids. Making dumb generalizations is well, dumb
@@jayvalentin7179 youre missing the point.....really by 16 its too late... ESPECIALLY in communities where kids are raising themselves....too seasoned....too cynical ...too distrustful. Can you catch a few at that point BUT if you want to change things on a community level you've got them younger than that...if its such a dumb take then you interpret what's being said here.
@@jayvalentin7179 18 is an adult and that means a person is willing to continue crimes despite it being real prison now. I think it's a significant difference.
someone in another video pointed out the joke where literally everyone that meets him after he retires recognizes he's a cop but that one corner boy with the sideways hat can't tell when he's in a cruiser with a running police radio.
@@KtotheG nope... they can see it in his demeanor. Bunny was a Major... when do you think was the last time he was on the streets where people could recognize him? How would a non corner-boy 8th grader recognize him when his last beat was probably 5-10 years ago?
Perfect scene. The concept of being unable to rationalize a hypothetical situation and think in absolutes and being always on the defensive really nails what it's like to work with some of these kids.
The program the guy was designing was aimed at an at-risk demographic, i.e. exactly this type of kid. But 18 is too old to recruit him to the program. Rather they want someone who is on his path, (i.e. Naymond) but they get diverted away from it through the program
My dad started a charter school that focused on youth like this and he realized the same thing, high school was too old, those kids were too far gone. So years later he focused on the young kids instead. He helped his friend get started on the Watts learning center in Los Angeles that is still running today. RIP pops.
as far as I can remember, these 2 minutes are the only 2 minutes this actor has in the entire series, and yet it's one of the most memorable scenes... that's talent!
I have to admit something; I have the same pen. It looks like a Mont Blanc. No wonder he can't stop writing with it; it's a nice pen. Mine is a rollerball type, and the 'mystery-black' ink just flows so easily as you write.
+straydoggio I actually love nice pens. Your comment inspired me a google search of said pen brand. And holy fuckin shit, the cheapest Mont Blanc I can find is about 5 bones. And nowhere do I see that this pen was assembled by a nude Scarlett Johansenn. I will continue living in mediocrity with my multi colored pilot G2 pens.
@SalikCollins utterly heartwrenching. Showing us the brilliance of the wire then cutting off supply for life is worse than hell itself. Just sucks disregarding the fervent die hards as those diabolical producers set off into the sunset to goodness knows where😭
Definitely too seasoned. Nowadays there are bosses between ages 16 and 19. I lived in Baltimore for 11 years. There was a 17 years old kid who "owned" 10 blocks and had at least 20 people working for him. 17 years old bringing more 20k a week. He drove a Benz and had all the girls. Meanwhile I was a 19 years old full-time college student working part-time at CVS for $6 an hour. I know it's wrong, I know at the end it's prison or death but don't tell me there is no appeal earning 20k a week at 17.
the appeal is ONLY money, when you look at it intelligently. pros and cons is what needs to be learned. Get thr money BUT you .ay do long jail time OR frequent jail time. Do you value freedom? Thats what you're giving as a trade. OR jealousy where if they take it a step further, harming you, hell, there'd no one BUT you to help. Cops won't care. hospitals will stitch you up and ship you out. family already wrote you off and your gang..eh, you're replaceable and hell, they're probably the ones who set you up. By this era, that's well known. Struggle a bit beknf legal, but less to worry about overall in that sense The TRUE appeal to doing crime is if you're SO broke and starving that you have no other choice.
The crazy thing is your $6/hour lasts longer than his $20k/week. What he was doing, his expected shelf life on the street was probably less than a year..either guys on the street come for him looking for the territory, or the law gets to him. There's no retirement plan or exit strategy in that life.
@@nelsondu2333 The smartest ones end up in bigger, more organized gangs and end up ascending the ladder of them to the top. Doesn't happen often, but its the reason why drug gangs are still a thing.
@@nelsondu2333 also, you earn your $6/hour and nobody's gonna look twice at you. You can go home and sleep soundly. You don't need to look over your shoulder too much but you get the $20k/week, you drive the Benz, you have the people working for you... You can't rest relaxed. Either you do and get killed or arrested, or you don't and continue your life with constant paranoia that's completely justified
When your out running around killing people and fighting everything in sight you grow up quick. This show is smart and tells a lot of truth. Look at how Bodie was towards his end during his convo with Mcnulty. He said he felt old and how he was just tired. He was a in his early 20's talking like an old man. He's been through so much at that age it made him feel old. That's how most of these hood kids are. Like 18-20 years old with bodies on them.
Wasn’t baffled. He was offended. Baffled would assume he was confused or shocked. That kid was mad as fuck that it even crossed dudes mind that’d he’d snitch off to the cops.
@@CynicalRam Yep. He'd been backed into a corner by Colvin and was trying to save face. That was the exact wrong time to disrespect him, especially since pen dude is a square.
Never realized until now, but this is one of the guys who takes Naymond’s corner. He’s in the car snorting drugs with that other kid who eventually starts hanging out with Bubbles.
It's a funny scene, but it's also really sad. The fact that so many real kids as young as 18 are already realistically too far gone and unsalvageable, their lives effectively already over. The cops simply laughing at the prospect of an 18-21 year old being reformed from the game.
This scene is really about trying to study and understand that "targetd group" funded through a grant. "Corner boys" and "stoop boys". Kids that either "hang out" on the corner or have some what of a structure at home. This scene is funny to me but can seem ignorant to others. The guy that was writting wanted to study 18 years and older. (Bunny)Colvin wanted to go deeper, he believed that by then it was too late. They picked that boy to sway him to study middle school students before the streets
Matthew Johnson Some of the dumbest fucking people I know from real life and online/TV with the most flawed thinking are those who clearly never spent an attentive day in school. There are exceptions to every rule of course, but formal education, especially higher education, will generally encourage or even force you to become better at critical thinking. It’s the number one thing that can help compensate for a lower natural intelligence. So don’t give me that “formal education is bad for you” bull.
@@ZhangK71 I definitely disagree if we talking public schools. I always looked at universities as making to the schools that actually want you to think/use your mind
I like the way the Wire would show characters from different point of view. The young black guy in this scene, seemed wild wherever he went, but was sort of normal around Kenard, relatively speaking. They put him with this white guy, and he was completely wild, dangerous and out of control. However, it worked. Like the way, people around the neighbor discerned that Bunny was "POLICE", even though he was retired. You saw Bunny at work with this young guy. Just another day at the office for Bunny. "Son, thanks for being you.." :)
Nuncio tassini it's probably a common last name in the city. Like I know a bunch of people with the last name Dearmond in my city but not all are directly related. People have said Cheese is Randys dad but why would Cheese sign the birth certificate to give him his last name but have nothing to do with him. Cheese had more than enough "cheese".
Ummm, so everyone knows what cops look like because of how they dress, talk and act. When Bunny is walking through the middle school one of the younger kids pegs him as a cop instantly. People in the military are really good at spotting other military personnel
Yo this JAWN is my favorite crime show ever MADE💯. Rest in peace Michael k. Williams a.k.a OMAR 🙏🏾🌹. I got all 5 season's of THE WIRE on Blue ray 📀. Sort of a collector's item and I got all 7 seasons of son's of anarchy that show started out Good but ended terrible.🤨
Like he said, they're too far gone, that's like having a classroom full of people like Bodie, it wouldn't a worked. This whole scene was to prove that it wouldn't work
I almost wish the guy didn't ask about going to the police, cause they were doing such a great job conveying that that was an obvious answer that doesn't even occur to him without saying. But the fact that it leads to the kid snatching at the pen is icing on the cake so it's worth it
"What if you couldn't escape, Sean?"
"Fuck you."
Sean brings up a valid point.
Stop writing
✍️
@Rose-yq5rs The *fuck* you want with his sister?!
Valid point from a ghettoboeh with serious mental issues..
I don’t understand why we keep seeing the same faces in movie theaters when even extras in the Wire had more acting skills than the average A-level star
nepotism, producers with limited vision and the fact that alot of movies are first pitched with a lead or supporting actor in mind and that's being done to maximize return on investment. and sadly the result is a wash of mediocre films with the same faces over and over : (. not to say that hollywood can't produce a good film tho
Movies are a huge investment so producers stick with safe talent with clear brands that give audiences what they want. They're not all terrible actors, but they fill roles that Hollywood movies frequently have. They only seem untalented because they're nailed their archetypes so well that they make it look easy.
The phones were better actors
Every second movie has some Hollywood ass skank in it with the same face
Meryl lowlife Streep or Sandra bimbo bullock
A lot of these guys weren’t real actors they come from the streets and a lot of them went back
"What if you had a life sentence?"
"Then I'll fuckin' *escape* "
The kid's got a plan for everything.
@Josh lol! Comment of the day
It's more like desperation. In those environments, showing weakness or incompetency is a liability.
He had a short pause before "escape". He was planning it as he was saying it lol
An answer isn't a plan 😉
and if he couldnt escape, his next plan was FUCK U
“Wtf is this Chuck E. Cheese looking mf writing” 😂😂
What I want to know is, where the hell did they find this young actor to come in and do a two minute scene, where he gives an absolutely perfect, spot on, brilliant performance? Is Baltimore just awash with talented actors? Every single minor role in this show was filled with someone who turned in an Oscar worthy performance.
@M N I can confirm that he's an actor. He's my cousin. He played his "street" character very well.
@@DerrickJordan Ha, no kidding. Well, please tell him he's a goddamn genius. Does he still work as an actor?
@@DodderingOldMan yes, he still does. He's had a couple appearances in Bones, Blackish, and another role that i can't quite remember the show at the moment that he just did a couple months ago. I have him in one of my videos from when i first started on YT.
Baltimore is full of people with real life experience. Don’t need to act what you’ve felt your whole life
Seriously, he is amazing. I come back and watch this scene a lot; it's one of my favourite, from my favourite show.
*after leaving a room with Kenard*
"okay, im willing to admit that maybe 8-18 may be too seasoned..."
I never hated a 8 year old before 😅
Would love to see him go up against Bunk or Kima in an interrogation room, see him run his mouth and have a hay day with them. He's so young they wouldn't be able to get away with beating him up like they did with Bird LOL.
@@magetaaaaaayou bring up a valid point. They would just have to let Kenard talk his shit😂I’d pay money to see this scene ngl
@@nickj1320 You know that Kima could throw it back though.
@@magetaaaaaa oh without a doubt, Kima may not be able to beat on the kid but she will damn well roast tf outta him😂
"What if you couldn't escape, Sean?" Entire series summarized in one question here.
Like Dukie asking Cutty how to get out, and Cutty just replying that he wished he knew.
This really is. Boiled down to one question.
@@pointcuration1278 This also reminds me of when Bunk visited Randy in the group home in season 5
@@pointcuration1278 wish someone would answer "move out of Baltimore and get a real job"
@@carywyble9304 sheeeeeeeeeit
"Would you go to the police?" The kid gives him a look like it's the most absurd thing he has ever heard.
because in the context of the show and the real life communities it portrays, it is absurd.
It was
@@ellllllo77 most people are singing like birds down at the station here
He adumbass for that question
He was writing again though😂😂
My mans was out the door before the pen hit the table lmaooo
fr lol
glasstorso lmao g shit
😂😂😂😂
glasstorso AGREE
Just a show in real life gang banger be crying from a slap around hia peanut shaped head!
Cons just don't talk like this in interview rooms they just piss themselves!
I love this scene. Colvin just needed to prove that these HS kids are just too seasoned, and I love the way he goes about it. he knows that these kids are always acting so HARD, so he simply puts the kid in a particular hypothetical situation in which the kid is rendered defenseless and very vulnerable. he was just too hard to play along. he broke that kid in 2 minutes.
Nailed it. Plus the scope is even greater because they're essentially saying any inner city kid beyond age 18 is without hope until they bottom out. Man this show is the best but it is fucking DEPRESSING.
Theodore McDonald that's why the show didn't 'blow up' like others. It's too real.
right there was never a Wire section at spencer's gifts XD
Colvin came up from the same kind of neighborhood as these gangbangers. He understands what makes them tick. Look at the scene between him and Wee-Bey Bryce.
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"What if you were stuck in the past?"
"Then I'd go back to the future!!"
"And what if there is no future?"
@@Mio248Then I'll create a Delorean and find it myself, MFer
Love how Colvin stands up already knowing what’s going to happen
He was a high-ranked Major previously with 3+ decades on the job. Surely this ain his first rodeo
Colvin handpicked him it was a set up to prove his point
Colving didnt know he was going to attack because he didnt attack for the questions. He attacked for him writing after he asked the question
part people dont notice is, sean knew not to try colvin, it wasnt until the other guy spoke he tried to take his anger out on him. He knew which one was the weak one and which was the strong one. He respect colvin to ask him questions, but not the next guy
The Wire is so realistic. Even the actors with the most diminutive roles are recurring. Nuanced brilliance.
Speaks to the quality of be writing and the directors. You can get an amazing performance out of anyone if you can show them exactly what you envision them being.
The acting might be realistic but other than that this show is everything but realistic.
Don't get me wrong, I do like the show and there are some real good individual interpretations of life on the street, but so many of the scenarios are just wonky as fuck. I cant remember how many times I told myself how unrealistic some of the shit is, but then I realize its just a TV show from 2002.
@@geordiejones5618 no you can’t honestly. Acting like this is honestly hard to find nowadays
@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 judging by your avatar and your name, you wouldnt know the first thing about the streets of baltimore. Go sip a latte and do some yoga your opinion is trash.
@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 you trippin
LOL "which sister? cause if it's Cherise she probably had it coming"
I know how he feels
@Di Maria that's the mistake he made, he got too personal, never let police know how you feel about anyone, he answered all their questions, not a good tactic
You can’t say he ain’t real, that’s for sure.
@Di Maria a sister is a sister no matter is she evil or not :)
@@Farefare46 He never she wasn't his sister, he just said she had it coming. :)
Actually crazy how well that Shawn guy acted for basically coming out of nowhere. Completely immersive performance didn't even feel like he was trying. Idk how the wire did it
The pain in his face was real.
They used a lot of local talent who were more than willing to share their time and stories. The creators grew up and worked in the system of Baltimore. Everyone on that show knew how real it was and how much they were trying to say about everything thats fucked up in our cities.
I mean he just acted like a tyrone
@@SauceWorld that’s pretty racist
@@juice4617 he had that short temper, call him Tyrone Bougues
The actor who plays Shawn deserves an Oscar
a reach
It’s called an Emmy
Emmy*
I sense a lot of anger in there. I got scared too
No he doesnt
Sad thing is people miss what the scene is saying. At 18 its over.....that's really really really sad when you think about, AT 18 you're beyond help
I dont think that's true just depends on the individual. I went to juvie 10 times from 13-18 and at 18 is actually when I changed and decided I didnt want to go to prison, haven't been back and been working a job ever since. Some guys don't want to change though, they're addicted to the street life and don't feel comfortable no other way.
@@mattwell7236 That's whats up. Im proud of you
What a dumb comment. There's no difference between 17 and 18. Hardly any between 16 and 18. They're all kids. Making dumb generalizations is well, dumb
@@jayvalentin7179 youre missing the point.....really by 16 its too late... ESPECIALLY in communities where kids are raising themselves....too seasoned....too cynical ...too distrustful. Can you catch a few at that point BUT if you want to change things on a community level you've got them younger than that...if its such a dumb take then you interpret what's being said here.
@@jayvalentin7179 18 is an adult and that means a person is willing to continue crimes despite it being real prison now. I think it's a significant difference.
“You police, he ain’t” also on one of the school episodes when Bunny walks the halls, a kid notes “ayo he police.” Bunny just got that vibe
He was literally a seargent
@@postsniper-7532 Major actually, much higher rank
someone in another video pointed out the joke where literally everyone that meets him after he retires recognizes he's a cop but that one corner boy with the sideways hat can't tell when he's in a cruiser with a running police radio.
Nah, Bunny was always in the hood, on patrol or walking a beat. The hood knows him. He was NATURAL PO-LEESE
@@KtotheG nope... they can see it in his demeanor. Bunny was a Major... when do you think was the last time he was on the streets where people could recognize him? How would a non corner-boy 8th grader recognize him when his last beat was probably 5-10 years ago?
"Son, thanks for being you."
one of the saddest lines in the series
Nah you taking it wrong
@@donniboi23 wdym?
@@aegarcia101003 theodore said it was a sad line. It wasnt. He was actually thanking him for running off the guy with the pen
@@donniboi23 ok good thank you for the explanation
It's good to see Bunny and Carver laughing together. You can almost see the torch of a real peace officer passing from one to the other.
seriously. One of the best arcs on the show turning carver into real police
The actor who played Sean, was amazing.
Seriously though
Perfect scene. The concept of being unable to rationalize a hypothetical situation and think in absolutes and being always on the defensive really nails what it's like to work with some of these kids.
" *pause* ...which sister?"
No show will ever come close to this
shutup lol
Josh Harrison its true bitch
Nobody starting no vendetta for sharice, she a trouble maker XD
Shit is real... she probably abused him as a surrogate mother to him while their mom's was smoked out and daddy went missing.
As Willie D said, "let a ho be a ho."
“Which sister? Cos if it’s Sharice she probably had it coming.” 🤣🤣🤣
Colvin played the hell out this guy he handpicked that kid to prove his point
I agree💋
Old ass comment but off the top of my head I’m pretty sure he just asked Carver to pick up a random 18 year old.
The program the guy was designing was aimed at an at-risk demographic, i.e. exactly this type of kid. But 18 is too old to recruit him to the program. Rather they want someone who is on his path, (i.e. Naymond) but they get diverted away from it through the program
is Kenard too seasoned??
@@cashless1980 considering he caps a man buying cigarettes in s5, id say yes
My dad started a charter school that focused on youth like this and he realized the same thing, high school was too old, those kids were too far gone. So years later he focused on the young kids instead. He helped his friend get started on the Watts learning center in Los Angeles that is still running today. RIP pops.
as far as I can remember, these 2 minutes are the only 2 minutes this actor has in the entire series, and yet it's one of the most memorable scenes... that's talent!
he appears in the background in sone scenes i think, which is all the more impressive
He was working a corner with Sharrod in Season 4.
He also appears in the car when Sherrod goes to confront Namond outside the gym.
Bunny has a heart of gold and a will of steel. One of the strongest characters in the whole show.
I love Bunny’s grin at 0:15. That thought bubble above his head read, “This is going to be taking candy from a baby.”
"would you go to the police? 🧐"
🤦🏾♂️😂😂😂😂😂
I have to admit something; I have the same pen. It looks like a Mont Blanc. No wonder he can't stop writing with it; it's a nice pen. Mine is a rollerball type, and the 'mystery-black' ink just flows so easily as you write.
It's just a pen man. It's just a pen.
+straydoggio I actually love nice pens. Your comment inspired me a google search of said pen brand. And holy fuckin shit, the cheapest Mont Blanc I can find is about 5 bones. And nowhere do I see that this pen was assembled by a nude Scarlett Johansenn. I will continue living in mediocrity with my multi colored pilot G2 pens.
+straydoggio your a funny man =))
Yeah this player became the bank, away from the street.
wow you need some help hahaha
I love that scene. We never see the actor again, but he is so good
He's in a dealers crew with Sherrod that tries to punk Namond off his corner.
The Wire could have a million spin offs... All the minor actors gave phenomenal performances
@88K In its own way, it *was* a spin-off of Homicide: Life on the Street.
Yep. The wires creator ain't nothing but a punk.
@@soothinglycool9806 How?
@SalikCollins utterly heartwrenching. Showing us the brilliance of the wire then cutting off supply for life is worse than hell itself. Just sucks disregarding the fervent die hards as those diabolical producers set off into the sunset to goodness knows where😭
@@soothinglycool9806I think you just need help. The wire ended as it should.
Definitely too seasoned. Nowadays there are bosses between ages 16 and 19. I lived in Baltimore for 11 years. There was a 17 years old kid who "owned" 10 blocks and had at least 20 people working for him. 17 years old bringing more 20k a week. He drove a Benz and had all the girls.
Meanwhile I was a 19 years old full-time college student working part-time at CVS for $6 an hour. I know it's wrong, I know at the end it's prison or death but don't tell me there is no appeal earning 20k a week at 17.
the appeal is ONLY money, when you look at it intelligently.
pros and cons is what needs to be learned.
Get thr money BUT you .ay do long jail time OR frequent jail time. Do you value freedom? Thats what you're giving as a trade.
OR jealousy where if they take it a step further, harming you, hell, there'd no one BUT you to help. Cops won't care. hospitals will stitch you up and ship you out. family already wrote you off and your gang..eh, you're replaceable and hell, they're probably the ones who set you up. By this era, that's well known.
Struggle a bit beknf legal, but less to worry about overall in that sense
The TRUE appeal to doing crime is if you're SO broke and starving that you have no other choice.
The crazy thing is your $6/hour lasts longer than his $20k/week. What he was doing, his expected shelf life on the street was probably less than a year..either guys on the street come for him looking for the territory, or the law gets to him. There's no retirement plan or exit strategy in that life.
@@nelsondu2333 The smartest ones end up in bigger, more organized gangs and end up ascending the ladder of them to the top. Doesn't happen often, but its the reason why drug gangs are still a thing.
@@nelsondu2333 also, you earn your $6/hour and nobody's gonna look twice at you. You can go home and sleep soundly. You don't need to look over your shoulder too much
but you get the $20k/week, you drive the Benz, you have the people working for you... You can't rest relaxed. Either you do and get killed or arrested, or you don't and continue your life with constant paranoia that's completely justified
Chucky cheese was out in a half a second flat lol
he do look like the ma
Thanks for being you!
No truer words spoken
The guy playing the corner boy is awesome
"Thanks for being you"
- The casting manager
Why can't they make more shows like this. I love it!
When your out running around killing people and fighting everything in sight you grow up quick. This show is smart and tells a lot of truth. Look at how Bodie was towards his end during his convo with Mcnulty. He said he felt old and how he was just tired. He was a in his early 20's talking like an old man. He's been through so much at that age it made him feel old. That's how most of these hood kids are. Like 18-20 years old with bodies on them.
Facts like he said been out there since 12-13
It's the stress. The cortisol overflowing, giving you high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Yeah also the fact that most people are dead or are in prison by his age.
@@wapoj4220 the age most kids start at out there. It was the work that had made Bodie see too much.
@@roderickstockdale1678 & the fact that he had been out there since 12-13 like I said
I love the baffled look Sean gives the guy asking if he'd call the police. Like it's the most ridiculous thing he's ever heard.
Wasn’t baffled. He was offended. Baffled would assume he was confused or shocked. That kid was mad as fuck that it even crossed dudes mind that’d he’d snitch off to the cops.
@@CynicalRam Yep. He'd been backed into a corner by Colvin and was trying to save face. That was the exact wrong time to disrespect him, especially since pen dude is a square.
It is ridiculous because he's not a citizen.. He's in the game. The cops are the enemy.
From a writer's perspective I would kill to write a single scene this good once in my life. The Wire is essentially a continuous flow of these
You should write more
My boy Kenard was more seasoned
fuck kenard, gumpy ass midget bitch
Kenard got his ass whooped by fucking Dukie gtfo
whatsgoingon07 He even gave him some extra side plates with that combo
whatsgoingon07
lmfao!
rocky balboa ...it's a TV show bud...it's not real
Let’s be real, Cherise did totally have it coming
Isn't that the chick who got smacked by Cutty to give up her boyfriend?
@@KtotheGnow we gon talk!
Wow
@@KtotheG Smoke with Cutty wasn't worth it so he gave her ass up, lol.
"You police. He ain't."
RIGHT
Never realized until now, but this is one of the guys who takes Naymond’s corner. He’s in the car snorting drugs with that other kid who eventually starts hanging out with Bubbles.
Same actor different character maybe
@@BiznessBoog Man just no lol both scenes are from the same season, season 4. It's the same actor and it's the same character
One of my favorite scenes
Bunny understood these kids better than any of those academic eggheads could hope to after a lifetime of study.
I'm ready to acknowledge that checkers French fries may be too seasoned
mike long dont you DARE speak Afoul of checkers seasoned fries!! Ever! They’re Effin Delicious!
Damn do i miss checkers.. it’s been to long
😭🤣
I just ordered checkers on uber eats. They have the best fries
Stfu
Son thanks for being you... i use this line to much when people are doing stupid shit
The real reason they laughed is because they know that 13-17 is probably too old as well.
I like season 3. Bunny Colvin was a great character.
+Jakub Wrona bunny was season 3. my favorite season.
this isnt season 3
This was season 4...
This is the school season people’s. 🤭
I’m surprised he didn’t know who Ben Carson was! Middle aged black man like himself.
It's a funny scene, but it's also really sad. The fact that so many real kids as young as 18 are already realistically too far gone and unsalvageable, their lives effectively already over. The cops simply laughing at the prospect of an 18-21 year old being reformed from the game.
You cannot change the individual when that change is antithetical to their environment and culture.
The show has many messages but people born in hell being “unsalvageable” is definitely not one of them. That’s why bubs and cutty have arcs.
His facial expression before he attacked is priceless!!!
I like the way they burst into laughter simultaneously at the end.
this is amazing performance from this young actor, really convincing
“Nigga said then I’ll fucking escspe “ 😂😂😂😂 that was the funny asl 😂😂
This scene honestly made me really sad. This dude is so young yet so far gone.
Colvin: "You sure you wanna talk to this kid?"
Dr David Parenti: ".........let's do it before da crank wears off..."
This scene is really about trying to study and understand that "targetd group" funded through a grant. "Corner boys" and "stoop boys". Kids that either "hang out" on the corner or have some what of a structure at home. This scene is funny to me but can seem ignorant to others. The guy that was writting wanted to study 18 years and older. (Bunny)Colvin wanted to go deeper, he believed that by then it was too late. They picked that boy to sway him to study middle school students before the streets
Bunny Colvin was one of my favorites on the show, very charismatic
Shawn hadn't smoked any trees that day. Please excuse him.
Imagine a series where every scene is a highlight.
You hit the nail on the head. That is the wire
The first season sucked mostly the show got better later.
Imagine a series where every of the 100 characters is a lead role.
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants excuse you?
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants The first season teaches how to watch the show. There is practically still nothing like it on television.
"Cause if it was Sharice she probably had it coming"...lol
Even without education, he has critical thinking.
Don’t we all. I’m insulted that you’re impressed 😭
Take that back formal education often kills critical thinking
Matthew Johnson Some of the dumbest fucking people I know from real life and online/TV with the most flawed thinking are those who clearly never spent an attentive day in school. There are exceptions to every rule of course, but formal education, especially higher education, will generally encourage or even force you to become better at critical thinking. It’s the number one thing that can help compensate for a lower natural intelligence. So don’t give me that “formal education is bad for you” bull.
@@matthewjohnson3302 definitely universities with the exception of a few fields. Its literally a Mecca for the hive mind.
@@ZhangK71 I definitely disagree if we talking public schools. I always looked at universities as making to the schools that actually want you to think/use your mind
I like the way the Wire would show characters from different point of view. The young black guy in this scene, seemed wild wherever he went, but was sort of normal around Kenard, relatively speaking. They put him with this white guy, and he was completely wild, dangerous and out of control. However, it worked. Like the way, people around the neighbor discerned that Bunny was "POLICE", even though he was retired. You saw Bunny at work with this young guy. Just another day at the office for Bunny. "Son, thanks for being you.." :)
I think in the scene you're referring to was with Sherrod when they were about to beat down Namond. Still a good point.
Too seasoned = Too far gone
1:29 😂 White dude was like "I'm outta here buster"
Why haven’t I seen a single comment about how GREAT that guy’s acting was?
Right. People take shit so for
Probably one of the funniest scenes from the whole series.
Kid who played Sean is a great actor.
LMAO@ 1:29
Homeboy straight swerved up outta there.
I'm still lol after all these years
That was a smooth getaway, lol
K. Slim Wouldn't you?
he noped right the fuck out
He didn't want to get his ass fukd shut !
I just noticed he said his sister sharice. I've watched this clip so many times before & I realize sharice is one of the school girls
***** Why would they give two characters in the show the same name?
***** like Cheese and Randy Wagstaff?
William Dow I believe it too.
Nuncio tassini it's probably a common last name in the city. Like I know a bunch of people with the last name Dearmond in my city but not all are directly related. People have said Cheese is Randys dad but why would Cheese sign the birth certificate to give him his last name but have nothing to do with him. Cheese had more than enough "cheese".
William Dow Hence the name “The Wire” it’s too hard
The way he looked when he asked if he would go to the police 😂😂
"You police, he ain't." I like that Sean instantly figures out Bunny is a cop, it must be the way he carries himself.
he was Ina room specific for that interview...by cops.
Ummm, so everyone knows what cops look like because of how they dress, talk and act. When Bunny is walking through the middle school one of the younger kids pegs him as a cop instantly. People in the military are really good at spotting other military personnel
That’s my man that was with Sherod when they ran Namond off the block!
Yea he told sherrod. You need to pump yo ass up some more
So much achieved in this one scene. In just 1 minute 55 seconds. Not a shot, or a line of dialogue wasted.
Teachers when you don't put the pencil down when they told you to after the test: 1:05
I love the way he says f u at 1:17 like he's making a valid point in an argument lol
These dudes are genuine. They are honest with themselves.
I just realized this is the same guy that was selling on the next corner from Namond.
Love this show.
yeeeeeth
Don't know who this kid is or where he came from but he did it in this scene.
This entire show, especially this clip, should be shown to all politicians. Make it mandatory.
Never before have I seen someone run so fast to go get their shinebox.
get back to the sopranos. we don't like unoriginal played out memes here
Philly wasn't even in this scene
We went to see his goomar
Dude was out of there with the quickness lol😂😂😂.
That pen was just one day until retirement
"And this bitch is writing again!" Lol 😂
"Look I'm willing to acknowledge that I'm a dead ringer for Dante from Clerks"
"Also, I wasn't even supposed to be here today".
They got a hearty chuckle out of his response.
0:55 Pause.
One of the best scenes ... EVER.
Shawn: “This bitch is writing again.”
David: “It’s a habit.”
"Which sister? Cuz its Shiree she probably had it comin'" lmao
I laughed so hard at how fast he hopped out of that seat & ran out the door.
"What if you were stranded on Halo Shawn?"
"Then I'd fuckin' detonate the Pillar of Autumn and escape!"
🐐🐐🐐
Literally every line he says is hostile... EXCEPT when he insults his own sister 😂 It was the one thing that broke through his anger
Yo this JAWN is my favorite crime show ever MADE💯. Rest in peace Michael k. Williams a.k.a OMAR 🙏🏾🌹. I got all 5 season's of THE WIRE on Blue ray 📀. Sort of a collector's item and I got all 7 seasons of son's of anarchy that show started out Good but ended terrible.🤨
As amazing as season 4 turned out to be.....
I'd kill to see what would happen if they went ahead with 18-21 year olds. :)
Funny cus they would probably kill too haha.
You need to see it? He's either dead or in prison.
rekke41 and no one would give a fuck.another number.
Chuck E Cheese would've turned into Swiss cheese
Like he said, they're too far gone, that's like having a classroom full of people like Bodie, it wouldn't a worked. This whole scene was to prove that it wouldn't work
I almost wish the guy didn't ask about going to the police, cause they were doing such a great job conveying that that was an obvious answer that doesn't even occur to him without saying. But the fact that it leads to the kid snatching at the pen is icing on the cake so it's worth it
1:28 gets me everytime "I'm outta here"