“The movie came out and it was just… What movie is this?
Williams interjected, to which Mackie replied, “Exactly.”
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It was supposed to be Showtimes answer toThe Wire, Mackie said.
We shot it and crushed it.
It was supposed to be a series, but the pilot was a straight-up movie.
Then, things took a sharp turn.
The reception toSucker Free Citywasnt any better.
The movie came out and it was just… silence,” he recalled.
“Because Showtime put it out on Showtime without any commercials, without anything.
They were like, We just need to float this out there.
And it was weird.
I go job to job!'”
“This time, it’s Spike Lee who’s doing the bamboozling.”
