Best. Show. Ever?
Salon.com has posted two essays which attempt to answer the age old question, “What is the greatest television program of all time, The Sopranos or The Wire?” The question isn’t exactly answered –Â nor should it be, I suppose — though both writers do a great job of presenting their case.
I tend to side with The Wire, but the more I think about it, the shows are two sides of the same coin. One focuses on the chase for the American dream and how that chase ultimately corrupts. The other suggests there is no American dream because the systems we have constructed around us are so powerful no man can escape. it might be heady stuff, but it makes for perfect television.
