Nick Hornby interview with David Simon, creator of The Wire

The Wire is the best TV show I've ever seen. We've just started watching the fifth and final season/series.

Here's a great interview with the creator.

Beginning with Homicide, the book, I decided to write for the people living the event, the people in that very world. I would reserve some of the exposition, assuming the reader/viewer knew more than he did, or could, with a sensible amount of effort, hang around long enough to figure it out. I also realized—and this was more important to me—that I would consider the book or film a failure if people in these worlds took in my story and felt that I did not get their existence, that I had not captured their world in any way that they would respect.

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200708/?read=interview_simon [via 43folders.com - I like Mr. Mann's new direction]