Charm City residents know that Baltimore gets a bad rap on the small and silver screens.
But someone who writes for a national newspaper and
doesn't ?live in Baltimore has come to the city's defense.
Joe Queenan cites numerous examples of Baltimore's harsh treatment, starting with the most recent,
The Raven. Starring John Cusack Edgar Allen Poe, the movie depicts innocent Baltimoreans getting murdered in the most gruesome manner.
"Can the entertainment industry please stop picking on Baltimore?" Joe Queenan writes.
Shows like
the Wire and
Homicide didn't do the city any favors either. In fact, the only time the city ever gets a break is when John Waters shows off the city's quirky characters, Queenan writes.
The writer takes a yearly day trip Baltimore to visit the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the National Museum of Dentistry (hey, wait,
we've never even been there) and other sites. You can read Queenan's entire ode to Baltimore
here.