The betrayal of the American working class
2022-10-2002:14:44来源:火线第二季13279人阅读
剧集主创David Simon在提到第二季时候说“The second season of The Wire, centered around Baltimore's dying port unions, is a meditation on the death of work and the betrayal of the American working class, it is a deliberate argument that unencumbered capitalism is not a substitute for social policy, that on its own, without a social compact, raw capitalism is destined to serve the few at the expense of the many.”这一季,便血淋淋地展现了一个阶级的尊严如何被政客和体制玩弄于股掌间。一切都源于Frank通过工会振兴港口的雄心。为了筹得政治献金,Frank冒险帮助走私团伙利用码头装卸的空子的走私,赚取微薄的劳务费,再把这些钱送到各个议员手中打点。一年,两年,港口提案无望,Frank只能在这个恶性循环的怪圈里弥足深陷,最终害得自己送命,侄子Nick贩毒,儿子Ziggy入狱。Frank的死亡,象征着一个阶层努力自救却最终被时代洪流无情淹没的缩影。最后一幕Nick站在破败的港口远望,一组蒙太奇镜头下,我们看到Frank死后工会被关闭,让Frank费尽心机能够带来大量工作机会的粮食港口计划最终搁浅,取而代之是充斥利益的房地产。毒品和妓女仍然源源不断地通过港口走私进入。这个港口的工人阶级每况愈下。这一切,不会有任何解决方法。