The wire writer George Pelecanos says that watching the wire using subtitles is criminal – you’ll miss a big bit of the experience.
“We wrote it so audiences would have to work at it!” he said in an interview with The Independent.
“We were not going to compromise in making it immediately accessible for everyone.
“It [subtitling] kind of reminds me of scenes from that [1980 disaster film spoof] comedy, Airplane!, when two black guys speak, and subtitles appear on the screen.”
Read the full story at the independent
The wire writer George Pelecanos says that watching the wire using subtitles is just criminal – you’ll miss the whole point.
“We wrote it so audiences would have to work at it!
We were not going to compromise in making it immediately accessible for everyone.
It [subtitling] kind of reminds me of scenes from that [1980 disaster film spoof] comedy, Airplane!, when two black guys speak, and subtitles appear on the screen.”
Apparently the Brits are having a difficult time to get to grips with the Baltimore street slang. Read the full story at the independent
4 Comments
August 21, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Don’t get those people who use subs, half of the fun is starting to understand the lingo
people are just to much ‘instant gratification’ nowadays!
August 30, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I’m from London and have no problems understanding Baltimore street slang in the wire.
September 10, 2009 at 12:25 pm
most brits who watch this show are soft southerners watching it on their massive flat screens because some shitty middle class newspaper told them to
July 28, 2010 at 4:16 pm
I could only wish most BRITISH series (example Wire in the blood etc) would have a sub titles option. It would make things a lot easier at times. No need to have it on all the time , but there are times when not understanding a few words could mean the difference between getting the whole train of events or not getting it at all.