Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Wire's Omar Little on Fresh Air
Today's "Fresh Air" interview is with Michael K. Williams, a.k.a. Omar Little on HBO's The Wire.Going in to the fifth season, Omar has some of the series most epic moments...the showdowns with Stringer Bell, his relationship with the blind "banker," and of course the fact that this vigilante dealer-stealer is openly gay.
Well, on the show at least. In his interview with Terry Gross, he reveals his background, his shaky path to semi-success, and the fact that he actually discovered Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, the raspy voiced hitman, in a Baltimore bar.
Plenty more links at NPR, as well as self-emolation/evaluation on whether David Simon's hatchet job on the Baltimore Sun is fair, by the likes of The Atlantic, the New Yorker, The New York Times, and others. I would imagine that the spoiler moment is nigh. I'm waiting for season five on dvd. And...waiting.
But the Fresh Air interview is worth listening to. Feel me?
No doubt.
Labels: HBO, media, Michael K. Williams, NPR, Omar, The Wire
