Thursday, March 10, 2011
YOU LOOK GOOD, GIRL: In a case of life imitating art imitating life, or perhaps life just going on after a brief interruption of imitative art, consider the story of Felicia "Snoop" Pearson. Snoop had already served six years in prison for second-degree murder when David Simon & Co. hired her to play a heroin-gang hit [wo]man on The Wire named, in an astounding coincidence, "Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson." Early this morning, Pearson was arrested in connection with a 'large-scale' heroin distribution operation.
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David Simon has issued a statement.
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<p>First of all, Felicia's entitled to the presumption of innocence. And I would note that a previous, but recent drug arrest that targeted her was later found to be unwarranted and the charges were dropped. Nonetheless, I'm certainly sad at the news today. This young lady has, from her earliest moments, had one of the hardest lives imaginable. And whatever good fortune came from her role in The Wire seems, in retrospect, limited to that project. She worked hard as an actor and was entirely professional, but the entertainment industry as a whole does not offer a great many roles for those who can portray people from the other America. There are, in fact, relatively few stories told about the other America.....
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