Chapter 19 in 'De stad als organisatie: Lessen uit The Wire', Rob van Es & Julsika van Rossum (Eds.), published by Vakmedianet and initiated by the University of Amsterdam.
Snotboogie is an allegory in The Wire and central to the producers’/writers’ underlying message. The allegory could be examined with a model of divergence. By doing so, various characters, scenes, (hidden) messages, concepts, etc. are addressed.
I interpret this series through analysis and 'sampling’. In this publication I emphasize Hip-Hop culture in my contextual approach.
In short, I read The Wire and re-add The Wire in order to uncover the layered narrative and wider context(s) in order to answer the main question: Why'd you let him play?
Written in Dutch.
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