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'Generation Kill' Author Evan Wright Talks Ass Time, Crack Highs and Why Roadblocks Kill

By Matthew Fleischer
L.A. Weekly | July 11, 2008
Wright, who wrote parts of the script and was involved in other aspects of the production, has invited me over before the series debut for a private screening. But though we started the show more than a half-hour ago, we haven't gotten very far -- five minutes in at best. Despite apologetically promising to let me watch, Wright keeps pausing the DVD to offer behind-the-scenes tidbits that suddenly evolve into fascinating non sequiturs and counterintuitive spiels about the war. I'm not complaining.
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Tags: Iraq, David Simon, HBO, journalism, TV, Generation Kill, Ed Burns

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