This video essay analyzes HBO's The Wire and how the characters in West Baltimore perpetuate the same cycle by playing "the game" year after year. If you want to understand the cycle from child to adult in the Wire's game, then watch this video essay. FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyright material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This material is made available under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for the purposes such as criticism, comment, review, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that otherwise might be infringing. All rights belong to its owners. Music used: Beatbox Lighter by Kwon Shining Moon by Robert Meunier (Shutterstock) Some Distant Lights by Big Score Audio (Shutterstock) The Ark by Cosmo Lawson (Shutterstock) Remarkable Ride by Oliver Lyu (Shutterstock) Serenading Strings by Evan Macdonald (Premium Beat) & "Lotus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:21 Just a Child 5:04 Enter the Game 6:57 Prison and Life After The Game #thewire #bodie #videoessay