Top Boy (London's Version of The Wire)....


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A fb friend hipped me to this series last week. I had never heard of the show but when you compare anything to "The Wire" I am going to check it out.

I found out they did two series between 2011-2013. I've watched a few episodes. Once I got past the English accents (was hard to understand the dialogue at first/I utilized captions to understand), I thought it was an intense drama.

Here is the catch though, Drake offered the series makers money to renew for a 3rd time but it didn't happen. Now there are talks of doing an Americanized version of Top Dog based in the streets of Chicago for Netflix.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...o-thanks-to-drake-of-all-people-a6684176.html

 
I just finished watching the whole series on Netflix and I am telling you, this thing is more intense than "The Wire." The dialect is different but the struggle is the same for many. They would do a big injustice if they don't renew this series. I turned one of my mentees on this and they too can't believe that they just now heard of this. The first season kinda started of slow but the second season got so good that I just had to stop what I was doing and binge watch.

The whole thing reminded me of all no matter where you at or where you come from, we all are trying to survive in this system that we live in.
 
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I posted about this series a couple of years ago. I thought it was pretty good. It was like a London, England version of the Wire. Real characters from everyday lives simply trying to survive in ways that were no different than many people here. Anyhow, the underground popularity of the show kinda grew that at one point Drake tried to buy the rights and create a 3rd season.

Fast forward to September 2019, they have indeed created a 3rd season with two of the main characters back. This may not fill the void of Snowfall but if you like that series along with The Wire and Sucker Free City, you will definitely like this--> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Boy

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXOPxRHZctM
 
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