Etableringen av karaktären Brother Mouzone

Det regnar och vi ser om teveserien The Wire. Många scener är helt fantastiska. När den inhyrda mördaren från New York gör entré (2:8) – då stannar världen!

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” Mouzone, meaning “judicious” in Arabic, is a drug enforcer and hitman from New York. “The Brother” does not fit the usual picture of drug-trade “muscle”, always wearing a suit, bowtie, and glasses, speaking politely and precisely, and reading magazines such as Harper’s, The Atlantic, The New Republic, and The Nation. His dress, along with an extremely proper and pious persona is a manner typically associated with the Nation of Islam, more particularly its paramilitary wing, the Fruit of Islam, although it is never explicitly stated that he belongs to either organization. He reveals himself as a Muslim by mouthing “Allahu akbar” repeatedly after Omar shoots him, and he believes he is about to die. However, he is also depicted drinking alcohol, which is forbidden in the Islamic religion. He is always accompanied by his bodyguard Lamar.”

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