In 2014, David Simon, acclaimed author, screenwriter and producer, stood before an enthralled audience at the London Barbican for The Observer Ideas Festival and delineated the conception by his seminal drama, The Wire. Beyond the disparate ideological assessments levelled at the drama, with a myriad of political, philosophical or societal readings assigned to the work,... Continue Reading →
Throughout the six-series of Joe Weisberg’s cold-war spy drama, The Americans, Philip Jennings, a KGB agent for the Soviet Union’s ‘illegals’ programme, is, at once, a committed husband, a devoted father and a proficient spy. Indeed, it is through the potent coalescence of these three titles that Philip’s resolve is challenged and he is subsequently... Continue Reading →
Within the spy genre, regardless of medium, the theme of identity is an intrinsic aspect to the profile of an operative. For Philip Jennings, as portrayed by Cardiff-born actor Matthew Rhys, the co-protagonist of Joe Weisberg seminal FX spy-series, The Americans, the subject of identity, and its malleability, is a defining characteristic that has shaped... Continue Reading →
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