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Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:00 AM

The best TV show of all time

"The Sopranos" vs."The Wire": Two Salon critics duke it out over which series is the greatest ever.
By Rebecca Traister and Laura Miller

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  • Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:03 AM

    Of Myths And Men

    David Simon did say in an interview that the only character in the show not to have been drawn from his and Burns's years on the street is Omar, who might have been the hero of a Sergio Leone western.

    -- rebeccah

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    Not to dispute David Simon, but I think, besides Omar, there are two other "mythical" characters in THE WIRE, Lester Freamon and Brother Mauzone.

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