Since I spent a good bit of my spring break with The Wire boxed set in my DVD player, I have been craving to see David Simon come back to television. Hopefully, the wait will not be much longer. I had heard about his Treme project last year, and he has just finished shooting the pilot in New Orleans. The hope is that HBO will pick it up for a full season after seeing the final project. While there seems to be some parallels between Treme and The Wire since they both examine one city, I am not sure if there is a better way to examine many of the issues surrounding our country. I was telling someone recently that I have begun to like television more because it gives you the ability to dive incredibly deep into a full-fledged story that, in some ways, is not possible in a movie. Unfortunately, we are so programmed to think of television as something to be devoured in bits and pieces. I think it works much better when you can follow a story over a number of episodes and seasons. That is why The Wire is successful. So, here’s hoping that HBO picks up Treme so Simon can tell another story…
