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TV in the Peer-View Mirror – Generation Kill
Generation Kill does for US Marines and the Second Iraq War what The Wire did for drug dealers and Baltimore – but in just seven espisodes, rather than five seasons.
Generation Kill boasts a starring cast of 28, including that chap who played Ziggy Sobotka and several other Wire alumni, and comparisons with David Simon’s other shows don’t end there.
The first episode is fairly baffling, as like The Wire, Generation Kill seeks to recreate its subject matter as accurately as possible, complete with initially indistinguishable characters, mumbling dialogue, background noise and technical jargon.
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