Writer/Creator of The Wire David Simon Will Speak at UT Tomorrow

David Simon delivers 2008 William Randolph Hearst Fellow lecture
Tuesday, March 18
Austin City Limits Studios (26th and Guadalupe St)
6-7:30pm, free/open to public, RSVP to Wade Lee at (512) 232-5466 or wade.lee(@)austin.utexas.edu

David Simon, creator of critic-favorites Homicide: Life on the Streets and The Wire, will be making a stop at the University of Texas tomorrow evening. Simon is delivering the College of Communication’s 2008 William Randolph Hearst Fellow lecture at the Austin City Limits Studio. Simon has won three Peabody awards for his work on Homicide, The Corner and the recently-ended The Wire, and continues to do freelance work for The Washington Post and other publications. He is also putting the finishing touches on a new HBO mini-series, Generation Kill.

It seems that to see The Wire is to love it (and become addicted to it); we were extremely addicted to Homicide: LOTS in the mid-'90s (in the days before DVRs, we stayed in on Friday nights to watch the show - we were that into the Andre Braugher-starring show). This deep viewer connection to such groundbreaking series attests to the impact Simon has had on television history.

The lecture tomorrow is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is needed.

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By Elizabeth S. in News on March 17, 2008 11:30 AM 0 Comments

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Justin Cox

Really? I don't think it did the book much justice at all.

dollar wells

Whatevs. The Corner miniseries was one of the most searing, affecting things I've ever seen on TV. TK Carter's lead performance as the hapless drug addict Gary was one of the most empathetic things I've ever seen.

Incredibly bleak, though. Made The Wire look like Schoolhouse Rock.

Justin Cox

Anyone obsessed with this show should take the time to read The Corner*, which David Simon wrote. It's probably the best read I've ever encountered.

*Whatever you do, avoid the mini-series that was made from it which shares the name.