I must say Stringer's death came at somewhat of a surprise. Though I always had this feeling that Avon took D's death a little light after finding out what happened to him. It should be interesting on how the show goes on without him. He was such a huge part of the show by playing the other half of Avon. It seems as if Avon has already replaced String with the presence of Slim Charles. Slim seems to think and act more in line with Avon in these past couple of episodes. It should be interesting on how their relationship works out in the near future.
One of the most important aspects of Bandura's Moral Disengagement Theory in my opinion, is the Dehumanization aspect to it. By not viewing individuals as humans, a person is able to committ certain acts that they would not normally be able to accomplish. This results in the lack of empathy one shows to other human beings. You see this dehumanization in all three seasons of The Wire. One of the most obvious cases of this is when Stringer placed the hit on D. I believe this example shows moral disengagement on two accounts. First of all, Stringer is not the one that had to kill D. He set it up so another person would have to be the one that actually got their hands dirty. Without actually being the one that kills D, String is able to avoid the emotionally aspect of the hit. Examples of this are limitless. The second part of the moral disengagement is the dehumanization of D. String saw D as a problem, or roadblock. By viewing D as a necessary hit without any other option, he loses all emotionally tie towards D. This is a pretty extreme case of dehumanization within moral disengagement. To be able to dehumanize family of Avon's shows a real sense of lack of empathy.
Lastly Im glad Brother Mouzone and Omar are getting along so well
I think that it will be interesting to see where the show turns without Stringer. He's been around since the beginning, and he's been given a huge amount of camera time. It's really interesting when a show kills off someone who has been around for a while. In many shows these types of events can be foreseen way ahead of time (the red shirts in Star Trek). I'm looking forward to the next episode. I kind of feel bad for McNulty. He worked really hard to take Stringer in, but now he won't be able to do that. I think technically you can still charge a dead person of a crime, though.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I am a naive viewer or not but I really did not see the death of Stringer coming at all. I wonder if the game will become completely out of control without the man with his head on his shoulders, even though he was blinded with money he played a vital role in the Barksdale crew and kept them out of a lot of trouble. I think the game is going to change completely!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that Stringer's death was a surprising twist. I'm not really sure how Avon will get along without his right hand man. It always seemed as though Stringer was the brains/businessman of the whole operation while Avon was more muscle/gang reputation - they complemented each other. Also, it seemed as though after all the bad things they did (betrayal, murders, etc.), they would just say that "it was just business," and I felt that this played into the whole idea of moral disengagement as well.
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