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Attorney General Eric Holder Wants Another Season of The Wire

Attorney General Eric Holder demanded yesterday that David Simon make another season of The Wire. Holder was on a panel with Wire cast members Jim True-Frost, Wendell Pierce, and Sonja Sohn as part of a campaign to draw attention to “drug endangered children,” and they showed clips from the show to illustrate how kids connected to drug trafficking are abused and exploited. “Having looked at those clips again, I’m reminded how great that series was,” Holder said. “I want to speak directly to [Ed] Burns and [David] Simon: Do another season of The Wire. That’s actually at a minimum,” he joked. “If you don’t do a season, do a movie. We’ve done HBO movies, this is a series that deserves a movie. I want another season or I want a movie. I have a lot of power, Mr. Burns and Mr. Simon.” [Washington Examiner, Reuters]

Attorney General Eric Holder Wants Another Season of The Wire