Whether it’s Ian Beale getting his head flushed in a toilet or Barry being pushed off a cliff, ‘EastEnders’ has long painted acts of vicious brutality as entirely everyday. As the show celebrates its 35th birthday, Adam White surveys the cultural damage
A rotating cast of musicians were tasked with covering Tom Waits’ formidable dirge “Way Down in the Hole” for The Wire’s theme, including Steve Earle and The Blind Boys of Alabama. No one beat Waits at his own game, though, the gravelly voiced king of the gutters used for the prolific drama’s second series. Regardless of who was singing, the message would remain the same: “When you walk through the garden / You gotta watch your back.
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