I stumbled across No Reservations last night on the Travel channel. If you never saw the show, it is chef Anthony Bourdain traveling around and trying the true local cuisine of various regions of the world. He almost always has a guide with him. A local. In this episode, entitled "Rust Belt", he was the guide to his Russian friend.
Anyway, they first go to Baltimore where have two locals show them the ropes. First, a former cop named Jay Landsman, the basis for The Wire character of the same name. In addition, the real Landsman played Lt. Mello, the shift boss from the Western. He takes them to get some Pit Beef and talk about the city.
Next, and much more memorably, Bourdain meets up with Snoop Pearson, who played Snoop Pearson, the hit-woman on The Wire. If you ever saw or heard her, she can only play herself. Stephen King once described her as the most terrifying female villain in television history. Snoop mocks Bourdain's eating of oysters, talks about committing murder at age 14, and dishes on her upcoming line of sex toys. Classic.
The Wire is in the discussion for best show of all-time. The storytelling, the characters, the city...the best.
I also watched The International, a spy thriller with Clive Owen about a corrupt international bank. The story was a little convoluted and the movie was too long, but it had a really cool scene in the Guggenheim Museum. The trouble lies in the hour before and after that scene. I have a real soft spot for spy-type thrillers but this one was a little flat for me.
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