Writing the Lies That Tell the Truth

摘要

After a near 20-year career in television that includes three critically acclaimed dramas, a cult-like fanbase and a $500,000 MacArthur "Genius" Grant, David Simon, co-creator of HBO's New Orleans drama Treme, is still in denial. "I expect to get thrown out of the industry," he confesses. "I expect that there's an open window right now that's supposed to slam on my fingers. None of this was planned." Simon, who spent 12 years as a crime beat reporter and nonfiction author in his native Baltimore before dipping his toes into television, says his impulse is still to be a journalist.