For some reason the parallel I was drawing between Ziggy and the projects storyline, was with D'Angelo. Maybe because they are the two tragic characters of the arc? (shrugs) But you are correct - a far better parallel is drawn with Omar - another outsider. But Omar, ironically, has a chance where Ziggy never does...he has intelligence. Ziggy is uneducated as opposed to under-educated, and has never been encourage. Like Omar, Ziggy pulls a gun on a drug dealer and kills him (episode 10 - I'm up to episode 10, just saw it last night). But the reasons are different. And less justified. Ziggy also unlike Omar is not a killer. What he's done destroys him.
I found the character oddly sympathetic and moving in episodes 8-10. As was his relationship with his cousin Nick.
It's odd, but there's relatively little comment or emphasis on Omar's homosexuality in either this season or season 1. It's refered to, but more peripherially. Similar to Kima's homosexuality. I'm guessing it'll become a bigger issue later? Right now, it doesn't appear to be a big deal. The character is largely a peripheral character in this season (which also may explain why many viewers didn't like it as well.).
What do you do when you know, you and your colleagues, are slowly being discarded, when you know your children don't have a chance for a better future? You have to be the most virtuous of men to not succomb to the temptation. Frank's brother is a virtuous man but he is also a broken man, a man without hope. The picture of Nick's family is not a happy one.
There's two lines in episode 10 that struck me. The first is Brother Monzone who says there is nothing more dangerous than a brother with a library card. And you see reflections of that in both Stringer Bell and Omar who do have some education. Then Nick's repeat of Ziggy's line - "Us boys ain't need no education!" Earlier in Episode 7 - there's a scene between Frank and the Congressman - the Congressman's kid has gone to Princeton (a prestigious US university), and his father a knife sharperner fought hard to get his son a college education, any college. Frank Sobotke and his brother on the other hand...never do. Their kids become stevedores or working blokes like themselves, nothing beyond a highschool education if that. And time was - that was enough. But as we with Nick - it's not. He's trapped. As is Ziggy...who has no options. The father's never fought for their educations, and they suffer as a result.
[Oh.. Off topic...at work, writing a report of sorts, and realized the Windows spell-check was acting oddly, it did not have a word for status and require wasn't listed. Also an odd accent on the e for completion. I checked it on my computer and realized I had the spell-check on "French" (language default setting) not "English". )
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Date: 2011-07-08 05:13 pm (UTC)Like Omar, Ziggy pulls a gun on a drug dealer and kills him (episode 10 - I'm up to episode 10, just saw it last night). But the reasons are different. And less justified. Ziggy also unlike Omar is not a killer. What he's done destroys him.
I found the character oddly sympathetic and moving in episodes 8-10. As was his relationship with his cousin Nick.
It's odd, but there's relatively little comment or emphasis on Omar's homosexuality in either this season or season 1. It's refered to, but more peripherially. Similar to Kima's homosexuality. I'm guessing it'll become a bigger issue later? Right now, it doesn't appear to be a big deal. The character is largely a peripheral character in this season (which also may explain why many viewers didn't like it as well.).
What do you do when you know, you and your colleagues, are slowly being discarded, when you know your children don't have a chance for a better future? You have to be the most virtuous of men to not succomb to the temptation. Frank's brother is a virtuous man but he is also a broken man, a man without hope. The picture of Nick's family is not a happy one.
There's two lines in episode 10 that struck me.
The first is Brother Monzone who says there is nothing more dangerous than a brother with a library card. And you see reflections of that in both Stringer Bell and Omar who do have some education. Then Nick's repeat of Ziggy's line - "Us boys ain't need no education!" Earlier in Episode 7 - there's a scene between Frank and the Congressman - the Congressman's kid has gone to Princeton (a prestigious US university), and his father a knife sharperner fought hard to get his son a college education, any college. Frank Sobotke and his brother on the other hand...never do. Their kids become stevedores or working blokes like themselves, nothing beyond a highschool education if that. And time was - that was enough. But as we with Nick - it's not. He's trapped. As is Ziggy...who has no options. The father's never fought for their educations, and they suffer as a result.
[Oh.. Off topic...at work, writing a report of sorts, and realized the Windows spell-check was acting oddly, it did not have a word for status and require wasn't listed. Also an odd accent on the e for completion. I checked it on my computer and realized I had the spell-check on "French" (language default setting) not "English". )