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Television
Revisiting 'The Wire' Characters Part 20 - Avon Barksdale
Ongoing for a serious chunk of the future, I will be revisiting some of the best characters to appear in HBO’s The Wire . My series will be a 30-part piece of admiration to the...
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Avon Barksdale and the Word "Always"
Melvin Williams, the real life figure who inspired the beloved character Avon Barksdale of The Wire , has died at age 73. Called "Little Melvin" and infamous from his crime days in Baltimore, Maryland, the...
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The Five Best TV Duos of the Last 10 Years
The best duos on television are both entertaining and memorable. While single characters can be powerful individually, duos present the deeper ability to communicate, interact, and exchange ideas. They bicker. They debate. They laugh. If...