Brilliant
Added 9/24/2009
I loved this series. I am from Baltimore, so it was very real and a problem that is never going to change. The creators and writers and crew were great. I worked on this series and really saw a lot about my own city I never new, very eye opening,
Kathleen Weber-Ray
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Bleak Corner
Added 8/23/2009
I came to this via The Wire, which became something of an obsession in my house. We gorged on all 5 series and then went in search of this. This is a much bleaker piece. The grind of the dope-fiend's life doesn't offer much chance for the humour and warmth that tempered The Wire. One episode of this was plenty for a week, and there was none of the 'just one more episode before bed' that we had with The Wire. The acting and writing are excellent. There is sport to be had in spotting favourite actors from The Wire in minor roles. If you've done The Wire and you're Jonesing for some more Baltimore Verite, then this is for you. Diamonds in The Rough - it's the bomb.
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Amazing TV Miniseries, Very Moving and Affecting
Added 6/8/2009
The Corner is wonderful and I can't believe I hadn't seen this show before. I've been a fan of The Wire for years and watched all the seasons. I feel that The Corner is actually better than The Wire. The Corner takes place in Baltimore where a street corner is run by teenage men selling drugs. The adults seem to be drug addicts and hopeless most of the time and the younger set seem to be sellers and abusers. One family is unique. The parents had good jobs and the father had one year of college - amazing in these parts. The mother became an abuser and partier of cocaine and eventually the father took to herion. His explanation is that the people doing drugs around him including his wife were criticizing him and encouraging him to do it. He thought people would like him better if he abused drugs too. Unfortunately, they liked him less. A young girl at 13 has a baby. The young man doesn't go to school or work, he hangs on the corner. All this is based on real story and ring true. Some people survive, others don't but all still live in this area.
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Inspirational film
Added 6/2/2009
This is a thought provoking, inspirational movie yet not for the faint of heart. If you're coming off the needle I wouldn't watch it if I were you. If you have a neighborhood like this one you'll get some insight on what's going on with the people within it. I'm glad I bought the mini-series yet I really wish it had more documentary material within.
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REQUIRED VIEWING FOR ALL TEENS!
Added 2/24/2009
There is not one young person in this country who would not be penetrated straight throught the heart into the gut by this masterpeice of reality!
Having come so very close to this horror in Baltimore 30 years ago...actually walked over dead bodies to get into the house I was visiting...this now exists in probably every community in this country.
Watch this, knowing that the reason this is way beyond help at this point is for one reason...the local police departments!
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