The Dialogue Is the Dialogue in This Supercut of The Wire Tautologies

Is The Wire’s tendency to use tautologies part of its fatalistic view that—unless you change the system—nothing really changes? (The game is the game, and the game is rigged?) Is it true to how Baltimoreans really talk? Or is it just a writing tic? I think we can all agree: It is what it is.

Read all of Slate’s coverage of The Wire:

• The Secrets of the Sounds of The Wire
• Barack Obama, Wire Fan in Chief, Finally Got to Interview David Simon
• The Wire Behind the Scenes: How Bunk, Kima, and McNulty Blew Off Steam in Baltimore