SFist: Oakland Mayor Dellums Peeved at HBO Pimp Drama Set in Oakland

manys

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:42:24 -0800

It's so terrible that Oakland is known for things that happen in Oakland.

A_Native_Son

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:03:48 -0800

Didn't Dellum's son play Luther Mahoney, the drug kingpin, in Homicide: Life On The Streets, the great pre-Wire Balmore cop show? Yes, yes, I think he did.

Generic

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:34:46 -0800

No, really. We'll take it.

Greg

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:12:13 -0800

Oh good grief. FIRST we hear all the caterwauling about how "no one will film their movies and tv shows here" and so on. THEN someone does and because it's not up to Dellums' high standards they're going to do whatever they can to make life miserable for the producers. (I suppose if it was a show about a big city Mayor who spends most of his time out of town, it'd be ok?) Whatever. What kind of movies does he expect to be made with Oakland as a setting. Some g-rated family movie where all they do is talk about how great everything is in Oakland? Where Mom and Dad take the kids to the crime free school, and talk about their friends in SF who lead similar idyllic lives under THEIR dear leader? Eeeyah. Uh huh. Whatever. By this standard, NYC should be banning every cop show made ever now and in the past to "save its reputation." RobinSF put it best - if Dellums spent more time on Real Problems than this kind of thing, maybe then the city might be better off instead of having a mayor who clearly doesn't seem to want to do the job. Sound familiar?

Slappydafrog

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:06:39 -0800

Yeah, 'cause it'll be this show that "tramples Oakland's name" Good lord, take the money!

DC1974

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:20:51 -0800

Baltimore seems to have survived The Wire. In fact, I know more people that are considering moving to Baltimore than ever before. It also focused residents and newspapers on problems in a way that only shining a spotlight on things can.

bluecanary

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:49:36 -0800

OK, can you take that gross photo down now?

RobInSF

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:18:57 -0800

If Dellums paid this much attention to the problems that plague Oakland things might not be so bad. Dellums=Newsom in blackface. Completely useless.

fizzandpop

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:05:43 -0800

Because we wouldn't want anything to tarnish the image of Basra by the Bay.

oskarv

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:56:30 -0800

i mean TV show.

oskarv

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:47:46 -0800

i think it's silly for dellums to be sore about a proposal to film a movie like this in oakland. it's a MOVIE, not a statement about oakland. if mayors in places like NY, LA, SF, Miami were this way we'd never have any R rated movies to watch! i say, move it to the TL.

what

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:46:02 -0800

Fine, then. We'll take it.