Talbot Reporting

"Johnson, who was wearing what he called his "lucky cowboy hat," stepped away to talk to one of the professional actors. Another man- a bald whit guy, unprpossessing in jeans and a T-shirt- remained by the monitor, and he answered the kids: "Hey. He's the director. You don't believe him? He kinda sorta knows what he's doin'."" The bald guy was David Simon, the shows creator:..."

"Because Simon and his writing partner, Ed Burns- a former Baltimore homicide detective who was once one of Simon's sources- are both middle-aged white men, people tend to assume that the dialogue spoken by the drug dealers and ghetto kids is ad-libbed by the black actors on the show."

"If Simon's characters were to deliver the kind of doomy social criticism that Simon does, "The Wire" would, as he likes to say, "Lay there like a bagal. "Fortunatley, his characters bristle with humor, quirks, private sorrows; his drug dealers express intricate opinion about Baltimore radio stations, chicken nuggets, and chess. One reason for this is the writer knew people like them."

This quote(s) was great. Talbot allowed the reader to really know who the people behind the scenes. He lets us know that the writers and creators are people who have had personal experiences with thelife they portray or write about. I learned that it is important to 'introduce' the writers, creators, producers, etc. This lets the reader know where the storylines come from. I believe that people recieve a message better from someone who has actually experienced!