Originating from the accumulation of materials of former crime reporter and writer David Simon for many years, "Wire of Fire" has a strong realism style. Here you can't see the over-proclaimed democracy, the omnipotent detective, and the unity. Governments and officials working for the public, you can't even see the victory. All the whitewashing has been revealed mercilessly by the creators, you can only find the police full of swear words, the jaw-dropping rate of solving crimes, the ubiquitous bureaucracy and mutual excuses, which are worse than drug dealers. Intrigue, slow processes and inefficiencies, as well as murders and crimes all over every street corner. Under the multi-line narrative structure, "FireWire" gradually shows all aspects of Baltimore, drug dealing, port sentient beings, city government, police system, education system and media. It conveys to us the other side of the democratic coin through a calm visual language. On the one hand, ugly, false, cold and cruel, everything is transaction and business, and it seems that justice is no exception.
"The Line of Fire" has removed the hero label that is common in crime dramas. No character in the play is perfect. Everyone is rich and three-dimensional. The actor is upright and intelligent, but he is a proud and selfish bastard. Regardless of the interests of the team and others, his private life is in a mess, and the team is often full of battles between people and things. "Line of Fire" employs a large number of unknown character actors. Their superb acting skills restore the gray life and complicated interpersonal relationships in the gray city of Baltimore, between police and criminals, between police and drug dealers, everywhere. There are no lofty ideals, only a life struggling for profit, individuals who have to compromise in order to survive, just like a line in the play:
"He is not the best policeman, but he is not the worst. He has solved some cases and screwed up some. But this kid has also been famous, he has a lot of masterpieces, he leveled a lot of street corners, and calmed everything. But Yes, he has mixed reputations, just like us.
Was the wife he annoyed with one or three? No doubt, I think the last one is finally used to him, thank goodness. Has he ever talked nonsense? Did he play any tricks? Exceeding people and evading taxes? Did you forget to call your mother for some wrong reason? Is he as useless as the badged colleagues of the Baltimore Police Department? Absolutely.
He is as useless and useless as us. Doubt. But he is with us, working in Baltimore with everyone, sharing the dark corners of the American experiment. He accepts the call, he serves the people, and he is a good guy."
This is the reality portrayed by "FireWire" , This literary series reminds me of Capote’s "Cold Blood" and some of Carver’s novels from time to time. It is like a long and helpless life, and even the ending and fate of each season after the case is solved really makes you feel powerless. . Because people cannot completely eradicate evil, the old declines, and new sins emerge. It seems that we only exist in the gray balance and expect. As if in the sultry and windless summer afternoon, looking at the depressed dark clouds, sweating constantly and waiting for the rain to come, you will not despair, but this is really angry.
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