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The world according to Felicia “Snoop’ Pearson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Anticipation for “The Wire” finale is reaching “Sopranos” proportions with fans. Omar’s dead. And now the question is who’s next, if anyone.
Felicia “Snoop” Pearson has a bright life ahead when the HBO show ends.
She’s in Atlanta to discuss her memoir “Grace After Midnight” at the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum tonight.
But for the grace of God and landing the acting gig, Pearson’s life could resemble Snoop’s on “The Wire.” Her memoir traces her birth as as crack baby to foster care placement and prison. At age 14 Pearson was charged with second degree murder and sentenced to eight years in a women’s penitentiary in Jessup, Md.
It was there that she decided to turn her life around after a close friend she referred to as an uncle was killed.
Post-“Wire,” Pearson will focus her attention on more acting projects and on a youth program she started in Brooklyn and Baltimore with Jamie Hector, who plays Marlo on the show.
Here are excerpts of our Q and A
Q: Why do you think your character on “The Wire” is so endeared by fans?
A: They’ve never seen anyone like me on TV. Some people just tell me that I’m bringing a lot of realness to the TV.
Q: If Snoop somehow lives, what happens to her down the road?
A: Ain’t nobody in Marlo’s crew dropped dead yet. If Snoop keeps going she’s going to wind up dead or something. Gotta happen sooner or later. Snoop is going too hard. Chris [her partner] is going too hard.
Q: How did Michael K. Williams, who plays Omar, discover you and what did he sense was special about you?
A: He kept saying ‘It was your swagger.’ I met him at a club. And he kept looking at me. He came up to me and said, ‘Can I ask you a question. Are you a boy or a girl.’ Then later he said, ‘I want you to come to the set and meet the writers and producers.’
Q: What do you want readers to learn from your story?
A: I just want to let people know where I came from..to share my story. I know the lord has blessed me. He gave me the power just to tell this story.
Q: Are your parents living?
A: No. I didn’t know anything about my mother. She always looked nice. She loved to get high. My father was a stick up artist.
Q: You seem comfortable in your own skin, what do you tell youths who are not so secure with themselves.?
A: I tell them don’t be ashamed of who you are. Believe in yourself and don’t worry about what nobody say. Once you are on top people are going to look up to you. First you have to get an education. You can’t even scrub toilets without a G.E.D.
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By sane jane
February 27, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
Snoop has been an awesomely convincing (and equally terrifying) character. It’s cool to get a peek behind the curtain like this.
Also serves as a (not so) subtle reminder for all those tough guys lifting weights while serving their sentences - you don’t have to be a 280-lb meathead to be somebody’s “muscle”. You just need a gat & some guts.
I tip my cap to Felicia for portraying that so well…
By Mike Hunt
February 27, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this
Famous words from Wire Senator Clay Davis: Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
Also, in the last episode, I wanted to see that cat burn. (Remember the kids dousing the cat with lighter fluid?)
By eljewell
February 27, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
Great story. Whats interesting about the Wire is that a lot of good stories come from it. Felicia is a wonderful one because she is being real with the character. I love to see her in another role and take her acting to another level. The sky is the limit. Go for it.
By Kimi
February 27, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
I have been looking forward to this book signing since it was posted in the Wire blog here recently. What a testimony her life story is to youth who think they can’t turn their lives around. I hope we see more of Felicia Pearson after The Wire ends (sniff sniff).
By Belinda
February 27, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
she is the best villain on TV, period.
By BJ
February 27, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this
I read the book and it was a great read. My hats off to Snoop. May she continue in her success! BJ Pleasant Plains, IL
By BJ
February 27, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
I read the book and it was a great read. My hats off to Felicia. May she continue in her success! BJ Pleasant Plains, IL
By BJ
February 27, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
I read the book and it was a great read. My hats off to Felicia. May she continue in her success! BJ Pleasant Plains, IL
By John
February 27, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this
I think Snoop brings hope to all women in the acting field, because her character is very strong. In the streets, it’s a “dog eat dog” mentality and usually that’s a man’s turf. Snoop is a great example that in the field of acting these roles can be successfully portrayed by a woman!
By v63sfo
February 27, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this
In her work, you can feel her intelligence. I look forward to enjoying Felicia’s work for years and years and years. Not to forget the work of the rest of the cast as well.
By Dboy
February 27, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
John, You can’t really call Snoop a woman because she acts, looks, and carry herself like a man. Being a woman is much more than just being born a female. If you ask her if she is a woman she might say no! Anyway good luck to you Felicia.
By Bonita W.
February 27, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
All I can say is WOW! Felicia truly played a character that inhibited the True Essence of Gangsta.
The Wire has been one of my favorite shows over the years, thanks to in part to such characters like Snoop, Bubbles, Stringer Bell, Omar et al.
Take a Well EARNED Bow, Cast & Crew - The Curtains May Be Set To Close – Yet Exquisite Acting found in The Wire, Lives On Forever.
My Fondest Well Wishes to the Cast & Crew of The Wire.
By DIVINE 1
February 27, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
MIKE HUNT, your comment is terrifying! WHY would you want to see the cat burn!!! YOU NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP
By DIVINE 1
February 27, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this
THE PROPHET.COM SEE IT’S PEOPLE LIKE YOU, THAT JUST SPOIL EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I BET YOU SPOIL YOUR OWN “WET DREAMS”
By KM
February 27, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this
I know Felicia plays a fictional character on The Wire but that is one girl that I would be afraid to meet on the streets. I am 6’, 260 pounds but I would not want to meet her in an alley.
Good luck to you Felicia. Congratulations on making a new kind of villian.
By Angela
February 27, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this
I saw Felicia at her book signing at the Margaret Mitchell House on Wednesday evening, and she was phenomenal—so very real and sincere. This has to be one of the best book events I’ve ever attended.
I’m only a third of the way through her memoir and it is riveting. Her co-author has done an exceptional job capturing Snoop’s unique voice.
Reading her life story only adds to the remarkable quality of her performance on “The Wire.”
By Denise Williams
March 13, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this
I love snoop and everything she did and became in life. I followed her character in the wire since she first came on the show
By Dawana Doram
March 19, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this
It only took me a day and some change to read Felicia’s book….And I cried and I laughed…I felt every word from that book like it was me talkin. Like it was me writing. Like it was me living her life. Which I did live that life, just with some differences and a twist. But I sat back after I finished reading it. And it aspired me to sit down and tell my story. So I got out my pad and pen and started to write. I had to take a break from it, cause its hard. It’s hard to relive something you tried so hard to forget….O wow, I’m at work right now and I’m suppose to be doin my tours…[laughs to self] But I have to go. But before I do, I want to thank her, Ms. Pearson, for openning the gate to let others know that they’re not alone. And that they can do whatever the good Lord has instored for them. -peace
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