The Wire
David Simon · 2002 · TV Series
Explore this on the mapTrace its ancestors and descendants live in the tree.
It demonstrates that corruption is often not just individual malfeasance but a deeply ingrained, systemic issue that forces nearly everyone within its sphere to make moral compromises to survive or achieve their goals.
What it is
Set in Baltimore, the series offers a panoramic view of the city's drug trade through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement officers. It meticulously examines the systemic failures of institutions like the police, government, and education, and how these failures impact individuals.
↑Inherited from
This work originated its idea. No known prior influences in the dataset.
↓Passed on to
No known descendants in the dataset yet.