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HBO Takes On New Orleans

HBO just gave the green light to a pilot from David Simon, the creator of The Wire, about post-Katrina New Orleans. The show will follow musicians in the historical black neighborhood of Treme and starts up a few months after Hurricane Katrina. If you've seen the brilliance that is The Wire, you'd probably guess that this show will be damn good. [NYT]

Jul 11, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 3 Responses

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Tagged: David Simon, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, The Wire, Treme

Comments (3)

No. 1 · Southern Muse

Im sorry but its too little, too friggin late for all of that. How long has it been since Katrina? Where was all of this glad handing for my city when we really needed it?

And one more thing, I can count at least 5 TV projects that were filmed in the city since the storm, but none of them put any money towards the city itself, in any form. Spike Lee stayed in Baton Rouge what filming his documentary "When the Levees Broke". This is all BS.

This is all becoming a very "sh!t, or get off the pot" kind of situation.

Posted: Jul 11, 2008 at 6:57 pm

No. 2 · solitaire

Turning a trgedy into a weekly piece of entertainment is the american way. Addressing real life issues, and fixing the problems in NOLA is too much work.

Posted: Jul 11, 2008 at 7:23 pm

No. 3 · blackmistressdiva

I'll take my usual role of saying something positive: I'm just happy to see something about my beloved New Orleans on TV.

I'd give up the happiness my travels have brought to me to have NOLA be the Crescent City of my youth.

*wipes tears from eyes*

Posted: Jul 12, 2008 at 7:38 pm

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