out the mouth of babes

My favorite season of The Wire was the fourth one, during which the series followed the lives of Baltimore middle-schoolers Dukie (Jermaine Crawford), Michael (Tristan Wilds), Randy (Maestro Harrell) and Namond (Julito McCullum). It was a rare glimpse into the inner lives of young black men facing peril at every turn, and, of course, it…