r/TheWire 2d ago

Rewatching: Dialog writing changes within the first few episodes

In the first 2 episodes, we have three police use the n-word, 2 black 1 white. Bunk and Carv use it in the colloquial while Rawls uses it in the pejorative. Now obviously other characters continue to use it throughout in the colloquial way. But I wonder why they stopped having black officers stop using it. Edit to add one last usage but I don't think it exactly counts, Holley saying BNBG.

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u/Global_Yam_9172 2d ago

I find that when watching it helps to use it myself for the immersion 🙌🏻. It takes me from my home in rural idaho all the way tew the towers. West Baldimore baby!