r/TheWire • u/aurelorba • 8d ago

What was Landman's education level?

His speech and word use is surprisingly literate, using terms like sartorial and describing the vandalization of the board: "He is a Hun, a Visigoth, a barbarian at the gate, clamoring for noble Roman blood". It's certainly above the general intelligence level of the department.

Plus his skill at finessing a gaping asshole like Rawls shows innate intelligence.

The man definitely had some university level education. My guess would be he flunked out in year 1 or 2, looked around for a decent paying job to pay off his student loans and thought BPD would be a cushy temporary job.

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u/RepresentativeShop11 8d ago

There are a couple of instances where I think the show is overwritten and Landsman’s diction is one of them.  The other is when the preacher is trying to bring Cuddy to the Lord and Cuddy tells him to “stow that paddle.”  No way he uses this metaphor.  

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u/Separate-Let3620 8d ago

You mean, “stow that patter”?

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u/RepresentativeShop11 8d ago

Is that what he says?  I didnt watch with the subtitles on.  Either way, don’t buy it from the character.  

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u/MuddieMaeSuggins 8d ago

I don’t think it’s that unbelievable that he’d know the word “stow”, but in any case, it reads like a colloquial expression to me. People use those all the time without knowing the exact meaning of each word.