White Liberalism and Prestige TV

You might feel confused on watching the David Simon, Ed Burns, and George Pelecanos joint We Own This City, an HBO miniseries on corruption in the Baltimore police force “after Freddie Gray” (more on this later) by the team that brought you The Wire. The new show evokes The Wire, yet if you didn’t know better you’d say it was made by people who’d never seen The Wire, since it specifically lacks every strength of that show. (Other than good acting, which we can’t really credit to writers and producers.) It has received inexplicably positive reviews.