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Omar Back!

February 12, 2008

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HBO’s The Wire is totally the hottest topic around the watercooler these days. One of the coolest things to us about The Wire is their portrayal of gay characters. It seems revolutionary to have these sort of incidentally gay characters, that aren’t sidekicks or comic relief. It’s a lot more like life. Kima is pretty badass, but, no doubt, Omar is our fave. Michael K. Williams, the actor who plays Omar, is an interesting character. For one thing, his scar is real and for another it says this about him on Wikipedia: “Inspired by Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, he left school and quit his job against the wishes of his family to pursue a career as a dancer.” That’s so sweet.

Teri Gross interviewed Williams on Fresh Air a couple of weeks ago. He relates the process of his first guy on guy kiss as Omar (it was unscripted) and really hits on maybe the most thrilling aspect of Omar’s character. “To me, to have these two dudes kiss and then for him to pick up his shotgun and put his bullets in it, clink, clink, let’s go hunting, it was just the ultimate contrast to me.” It’s very Raspberry Reich. Minus the camp. And it gives us chills.

 

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