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Writing the Obit for the Character Who Died Last Night on The Wire

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2008-02-25 11:30:45 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Stanfields control Little, who was raised by his grandmother, was a rare independent operator in Baltimores drug trade. As he once testified in open court, Little robbed drug dealers for a living. He had a near-tolerant relationship with the Baltimore Police Department based on his adherence to a code that forbade violence against taxpayers...
 
 
 
 
 
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Proposition Joe, East Baltimore Drug Kingpin, Is Dead

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2008-01-28 09:50:33 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Stanfield and his lieutenant Chris Partlow. Prop Joe's exact age was unknown, but he was thought to be in his late fifties Joe's credo, followed from an early age, was simple: "You cross me, I'm a snake," he told an elementary-school classmate in 1962 . "But on a straight-up proposition, with a handshake? My word is my bond." Joe's...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Wire: Jimmy McNulty Gets Profiled

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2008-02-26 10:15:26 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Stanfield cell-phone code, and Freamon realizes that with Cheese running one side of town and Marlo running the other, Stanfield drugs have completely flooded the city. He may not get a chance to act on his discovery, though, because Kima has found out about the fake serial killer, and she is pissed That's not the only thing going wrong with...
 
 
 
 
 
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Predicting The Wire: A Talmudic Reading of HBO's Full-Page Ad

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2008-01-02 16:40:09 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Stanfield was taking meetings with Spiros Vondas Vondopoulos last season, and the W article tells us Revitalization Disappoints and reports mixed results at the ports. What better way to keep the I.B.S. going than shipping drugs through the port? Vondas could ditch his partnership with Prop Joe for a more profitable, secure deal with...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Wire: One Last Long, Boozy Irish Wake for David Simons Accidental Masterpiece

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2008-03-10 08:00:36 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Stanfield case, and the mayor's office telling Pearlman to make the case go away, Ronnie busts out the tape and plays it for Levy. Watching actor Michael Kostroff's face fall as Levy struggles to regain the high ground is delightful. A deal is struck: Marlo serves no time but must retire, while Chris goes away for life The consequences spin...
 
 
 
 
 
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Jamie Hector on Playing Marlo on The Wire and Keeping Secrets About Heroes

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2008-01-03 16:30:26 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Stanfield, weighed in about the new season, moonlighting on Heroes , and how a soft-spoken nice guy goes about playing one of the most ruthless characters on TV So, what can you tell us about the new season of The Wire For starters, its gonna be about you guys [the press]. And Marlo is also going to be the center of attention in that hell be...
 
 
 
 
 
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See the Short That Got Filmmaker Seith Mann a Job on The Wire

2008-01-11 10:01:03 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
 
...Stanfield It's easy to see why: The tale of two friends who get in too deep when they decide to help out a battered female friend, five deep breaths takes a small story of loyalty and turns it into something greater, a subtle and mournful meditation on African-American manhood. A model of economy and character development, it features two...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Wire: Goodnight Moon

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2008-02-19 09:25:48 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Stanfield organization. He's lucky he didn't meet the same fate as another of Marlo's musclemen, Savino, whom Omar questions and coldly almost as an afterthought shoots in the head. Hobbled and scrawny, Omar has transformed from a ghost in the night, swooping down to enact justice, to a ghoul cornering his victims and disgustedly taking them...
 
 
 
 
 
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Pitching the Inevitable Wire Spinoffs on Network TV

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2008-03-11 14:30:10 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Stanfield over the selling of bottled water The New Adventures of Old McNulty Fridays at 8:30 on CBS Cast: Dominic West, Amy Ryan, William Joseph Brookes, Stephen Tobolowsky The pitch: A fish-out-of-water ex-cop moves in with his girlfriend and her two kids. But wait! He brought a homeless guy named Larry with him! Granted, Larry doesn't do...