Sometimes government officials draw fire for potentially overstepping their authority but Attorney General Eric Holder will probably get some praise for ordering the writers of the critically-acclaimed television series HBO The Wire to come up with more episodes or a movie.
The gritty fictional series, which ran five seasons on HBO, showed the raw side of Baltimore as it endured hundreds of murders annually and a rampant drug scene. The show focused on the cash-strapped city police trying to root out crime as well as the drug dealers fighting for turf, using children to run their corners and the related effects on the city.
On Tuesday three of the actors, Wendell Pierce (Bunk), Sonja Sohn (Kima) and Jim True-Frost (Prez), dropped by the Justice Department to join Holder in trying to draw attention to the issue of protecting children from drug abuse and exploitation.
But Holder could not resist a plea well really an order to the writers David Simon and Ed Burns for more.
I want to speak directly to Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon: Do another season of The Wire, Holder said, drawing laughter and applause from the audience. Thats actually at a minimum.
If you dont do a season, do a movie. Weve done HBO movies, this is a series that deserves a movie. I want another season or I want a movie. I have a lot of power Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon.
Wendell Bunk Pierce, who is now on the latest HBO hit Treme, chimed in with a hear hear.
