HBO 's `` The Wire '' is praised for realism , but how real is it ? Text: I'm not sure if this has been asked before or not. Writer says show confuses `` hopelessness with authenticity '' But dialogue crackles I wish he would have told him he would find a way from `` here to the rest of the world . '' , the characters are rich , writer says .
HBO 's `` The Wire '' is praised for realism , but how real is it ? Text: I'm not sure if this has been asked before or not. Writer says show confuses `` hopelessness with authenticity '' But dialogue crackles , the characters are rich , writer says .