The Model for Omar?
That's what this article on the front page of the NY Times yesterday claims about one Donnie Andrews who is now getting married to former addict Fran Boyd who was in turn the protagonist on "The Corner." Both knew Burns and Simon when they were a homicide detective and a reporter (respectively) and are the subject of this article which shines a light on how information was gleamed for both "The Wire" and "The Corner."
Interestingly enough, according to the article, "Starting in 1998, Ms. Boyd, Mr. Simon and Mr. Burns began lobbying for Mr. Andrews and in subsequent years attended his parole hearings." This was to get him out of prison (he admitted to murdering a drug dealer) where he had turned himself around. He is now the antigang outreach worker for the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Baltimore.
However, if you listen to the long interview on the HBO podcast with David Simon, I believe that he says that Omar is a composite of a number of stick-up men, not just Andrews. So, the NY Times writer jumped the gun a little. Nonetheless, if you're a "Wire" fan, you'll like the article.
- Also, the UK paper, the Guardian is streaming the first season of "The Wire" from its website. Read this for more info.
That's what this article on the front page of the NY Times yesterday claims about one Donnie Andrews who is now getting married to former addict Fran Boyd who was in turn the protagonist on "The Corner." Both knew Burns and Simon when they were a homicide detective and a reporter (respectively) and are the subject of this article which shines a light on how information was gleamed for both "The Wire" and "The Corner."
Interestingly enough, according to the article, "Starting in 1998, Ms. Boyd, Mr. Simon and Mr. Burns began lobbying for Mr. Andrews and in subsequent years attended his parole hearings." This was to get him out of prison (he admitted to murdering a drug dealer) where he had turned himself around. He is now the antigang outreach worker for the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Baltimore.
However, if you listen to the long interview on the HBO podcast with David Simon, I believe that he says that Omar is a composite of a number of stick-up men, not just Andrews. So, the NY Times writer jumped the gun a little. Nonetheless, if you're a "Wire" fan, you'll like the article.
- Also, the UK paper, the Guardian is streaming the first season of "The Wire" from its website. Read this for more info.
posted by Andy Sywak at 3:02 PM
2 Comments:
“When you’re in the drug scene, all your worst nevers come true,” Ms. Boyd said
Jesus, that's a one hell of turned phrase.
err, "one hell of a turned phrase"
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