Great Quote

During my lunch, I was browsing through a copy of The Great Gatsby, and I read the last line. I had forgotten how great it was.

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scenes from The Wire: D'angelo Barksdale discusses The Great Gatsby

Many critics have said that The Wire has the depth of great literature, and this scene is a perfect example of why. In it, D'Angelo Barksdale discusses The Great Gatsby in a prison reading group and shows some wonderful insight into the Gatsby character. But here's the kicker... about half way from through his little speech about Gatsby, you realize that D'Angelo is really talking about himself. Very, very few shows have that many layers and have that much depth.