The actor who portrayed Chris Partlow should have played Marlo
I'd say he was perfect for the role, playing an autismal, ruthless, no-nonsense street nigga.
>>218643693You want it to be one way but it's the other way
Eh I disagree. granted chris parlow was also a cop in the court room in season 1 ep 4
>>218643693Show went to shit after Avon and stringer. Two great actors too
>>218644710the first half of season 3 was already far worse than 1 and 2 but the ending of season 3 was great4 is absolute slop with the school arc though
>>218645050The school arc is kino you’re fucking gay
He did audition for Marlo at first. It worked out because Marlo is impulsive and uncompromising which suited a younger looking actor more
>>218643693>kino casting, kino acting, kino writing that most people think is bad casting, bad acting, bad writing
>>218645135wrong
>>218643824kind of agree as much as i love hating on blacks no one telling marlo he was getting called a bitch and he just finds out in jail everyone's kissing his ass was kino
>>218645426was referring to marlo only
>>218645426This noggas life was hard irl too
I just can't respect black criminals on murican tv shows and find them believable in any waythere's obviously a bajillion of them in murica so guess it makes sense they will want to be represented in some way not a muritard and hadn't even heard of 'baltimore' before learning of the wire or where in murica it isthought they just made it up for the first few eps before finding it was a real place
hard to take this dude seriously in the other tv show he did afterward where he plays a cop because he's still this dumb gangster fresh in my mind
>>218650555havent watched that one yet. it was a short run so I have short interest
>>218647237did the peaky fookin blinders really burn down pubs to fight racism back in the day?
>>218645135makes me feel insane when people say this. totally lost interest with that season, 1 is still the best in my eyes. i liked 2 but understand why the turn away from street-level crime was less interesting to people.
>>218651438As long as Prez was involved the school stuff was good, but anything exclusively following the kids was shit. Every single one of them was insufferable
>>218645050School arc was a little cheesy and didactic, same as the newspaper arc in s5, but I still liked seeing them finally start pulling bodies from vacants and the homicide board just filling up.
>>218651438I perosnally liked the school shit. Randy got wooped. and we got to see the creation of michael
>>218643693A sissy like that would get tried every time he ventured outside where people know him. He wouldn't have survived all those times.
All castings in the wire are perfect.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTIlZUOu0Rc
>>218653350in the scenes where unaffiliated characters meet up with him he always has good security standing by.
>>218653972i usually hate when people act like they're in awe at how good a british actor is at doing an american accent but the wire has multiple brits i genuinely would never have guessed weren't american, and i'm from maryland. i know what an out of towner sounds like. idris elba as stringer particularly had me totally fooled
>>218647237Type in English, retard.
>>218651438It was a very realistic depiction of ghetto schools and its fun observing the animals in a closed environment
>>218654106>i'm from maryland. i know what an out of towner sounds like.Is it true they based Carcetti on an IRL baltimore mayor? Did he also become corrupt?
>>218647237god you third-world balkan niggers are so insufferable
>>218654023That's after the fact rationalizing. I'm postulating he would never have become a crime boss being a sissy acting tough and glaring at everyone.
Marlo is kino all around and helped carry the last 2 seasons, Chris couldnt have led a gang
>>218645135this show is great til 5 and only the cop stuff ruined that
>>218643693it sort of works because Marlo never gets any real street cred while Chris is still being talked about at the end of the series.
>>218645426>Caring about White criminals in a black crime show>>218646805True. He was raped.
>>218650555marlo was cunning not dumb
>>218654310you're retarded he probably shot and stabbed niggers left and right while dealing drugs with his boy Chris
>>218643693>audition to play yourself>get cast in a minor role instead and have to watch this fat fuck portray you I wonder how often the real Jay Landsman and Delaney butted heads over his character.
>>218654562Your crush looks like a sissy, he'd get his sissy ass shot if he went anywhere without his babysitter.
>>218654310well if you watched you'd know that he had to systematically murder a whole slew of people before he was able to stick his foot in the door.
>>218654994Read the OP title>bad casting
>>218645426literally me
>>218654658you realize you dont have to be tall or ripped to be a good killer, you just need to have good aim and be sneaky and cunning
>>218643693When Marlo's not on the screen the characters should be asking "Where's Marlo?"
>>218654515Every Marlo scene>"...">the 2 loyal goons proceed to kill everybody>audience: WOW HOW IS MARLO SO CUNNING
>>218655097I can't imagine anyone else being able to do that disassociated millennial personality. maybe the guy who plays Bodie but then we'd lose Bodie.
>>218643693marlo is supposed to be a ruthless black hole, chris is supposed to be charismatic but molested
>>218643693nah marlo was kino
the swinging golf club scene when he meets bodie and the 'my name is my name' are both completely cringe. One is underacting and the other overacting. Both unbelievable and immersion-breaking. Bad writing, bad acting.. and bad casting. Because casting someone who sucks at acting is bad casting
>>218660619t. name has never been on the street
I like Marlo. I think the big fuck up was season 5 having less episodes, the final part of his story feels rushed, like one moment he’s the king and the next 2 episodes he’s already been caught by the police
