I’m a Man: The Wire Season 3, Episode 5

Red, Yellow, & Blue

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Carver is wearing a red shirt and there’s blue and yellow on the badges on the uniformed police’s shoulders that we see at either edge of the shot.

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The drug dealers are wearing shirts in the colors.

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Stringer is wearing a red shirt, there’s guy wearing a blue hat, and there’s a yellow school bus.

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The walls are a light yellow, Marlo is wearing blue, and Stringer is wearing red.

Red & Green

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Similar to what we saw at the end of the previous episode, Cuddy is wearing a green shirt and using a red straw(?) to snort drugs. I also liked how he was lit in this scene; parts of him were in shadow, while other parts were lit. It was reflective of his inner turmoil regarding whether to go back to his old life or try and earn an honest living, even if it might mean making less money and working harder.

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Kima spying from the window. The curtains are green and there’s red brick.

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Red car, red brick, and green plants. I also love how this shot it set up.

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Half the room is lit in red, while the other half is lit in green.

Interesting Shots

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I love the brightness of the painting in contrast with how dark the pews and people are. The shot is also set up so we are looking up at the religious painting.

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Great shot of Cuddy deciding what choice, or path, to take.

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Red and purple colors suggest royalty. Stringer is the king, standing at the pulpit preaching to everyone else.

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I loved this shot of Avon tossing his prison clothes out the car window.

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These were a great set of shots.

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Everything is lit in green, which seems to occur when a drug dealer is giving in to his desires and lusts, whether sexual or sustenance.

Moments to Note

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This comment about clean urine being hard to find in Baltimore was both hilarious and depressing.

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Avon is all about the nice clothes.

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Most accurate characterization ever: politicians playing racquetball.

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I love how this woman was way more intense and animalistic than McNulty and definitely put him in his place. It was refreshing to see that she was wearing the pants, so to speak, in this hook-up.