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Posts by: Jane Gibb

Jane Gibb has lectured in film and television studies in further and higher education and is currently based at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design where she manages and supports certain areas of research. She is co-author, with Roger Sabin, of The Wire: How US Crime Drama Got Real (IB Tauris 2010).
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Who Loves Ya, David Simon?

by Jane Gibb and Roger Sabin • 29 May 09
Journal: Issues | The Wire Files [4]

Notes towards placing The Wire’s depiction of African-Americans in the context of American TV crime drama

Critics have justifiably praised The Wire for its rounded African-American characters, and the risks it took in foregrounding ‘black Baltimore’ – risks that have…