SportsAndLady;1192216 wrote:Did not know that. That's cool.
Not only that, but a lot of the people who have characters which are based on that are actually in the show.
The basis for Avon Barksdale is (well it's a collection of people's stories) mainly this guy:
As you know, he's the advice-offering preacher, lol. He was a huge drug dealer in the 70s/80s and did time for it.
The obese/jackass detective, Jay Landsman, is a minor character in the show.
The characters even share the same name haha
This guy is a radio personality and I think once sold drugs and did time:
Two friends of mine from HS are doing their PhD's at Johns Hopkins and they said that you can drive by any of the locations mentioned in the show and they are truly there. They said that much of the cast was literally just locals whom they told "listen you see this sorta thing every day, just do that on camera for us;" apparently they see 2-3 of the characters at the supermarket from time to time.
As for the show, there are classes on the show at Harvard, Yale, Oxford, etc. It's the best insight into urban plight ever made. Just the way that the story builds is unheard of. Season one is just drug dealing from both POV's, but then you get drug trafficing, inner city schools, journalism, politics, etc etc etc all form multiple POV's....it's absurd. Best show ever.
