About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
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A new day in Bodymore, Murderland
A new season begins, and right away we’re warned about where following the money might go. One place it goes is into the church, apparently. Why are people tripping over each other to give thousands to a church? I guess … Continue reading
The Red Queen
Colors When I saw this shot, I thought of The Manchurian Candidate. It’s probably something I’m reading into it rather than something the makers of The Wire intended, but there is a parallel in that they both feature a mother … Continue reading
Summarizing Bubbles
The assignment was to summarize an episode in 6 gifs, but part of ds106 is making assignments your own. If you just follow the rules of the Game, you’ll be stuck playing the part of a pawn. You got to … Continue reading
What’s up with that boy?
The first part was the key scene for me – where String gives Bodie the order to kill Wallace. It’s all there, but it’s almost entirely unsaid. “What’s up with that boy?” They don’t even use his name. And just … Continue reading
Episode 11 – as the world goes by
There was some interesting photography in episode 11, and I’m not sure what to make of some of it. The opening scene picks up from the end of the last episode, at the scene of the shooting. The segment is … Continue reading
Going to New York City
I caught this line near the end of episode 10, as Omar was leaving town: There must be something happening out there, man. It’s too big a town, you know what I mean? It sounded familiar, but I couldn’t place … Continue reading
This bird has flown
Episode 10 starts out with Bubs, apparently clean for the first time in a long time, sitting on a park bench enjoying the day. We hear sounds – the breeze through the trees, children playing, birds chirping – sounds of … Continue reading
Some quick thoughts on Week 1
Nicholas did an audio summary which wasn’t something I expected, but why not do it that way? Going forward, it will probably take more than just audio, because we will also want to embed and connect the things we make as … Continue reading
Notes on Episode 9
In this episode, Freamon repeats “what everyone knows and no one says” as Daniels put it Herc and Carver followed the money out of the towers and confiscated it from Wee Bey’s vehicle. One of them made a joke … Continue reading
Notes on episode 8
This episode features Omar’s haunting whistle again. I like the effect better this time – the slight echo, the dark, empty street – and the episode’s epigraph is delivered at the end Daniels explains to his wife the problem inherent … Continue reading