{"id":10494,"date":"2016-02-13T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=10494"},"modified":"2016-02-25T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T19:30:40","slug":"oz-characters-examined-part-19-kenny-wangler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2016\/02\/13\/oz-characters-examined-part-19-kenny-wangler\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Oz’ Characters Examined Part 19 – Kenny Wangler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kennywangler\"<\/a>Ongoing\u00a0for 25 total entries, I will be examining the best and most memorable figures from Oz<\/em>. The prison show was HBO’s first venture into dramatic television, making the series a critical point of progress for the network. Many cast members went on to have bigger careers that partially spawned due to excellence on Oz<\/em>. The majority of TV shows, past and current, don’t provide enough characters to justify a list of this length. 25 feels like an ideal total that should please fans of the show in addition to detailing a reasonable number of top notch personalities.<\/p>\n

Subjective lists are inherently debatable as personal tastes and individual responses determine how a given character is viewed. In other words, disagreements\/omissions will be a reality. The majority of days\u00a0(weekends included) will feature either one or two articles from this list\u00a0being published. Exceptions will be if I have an interview or otherwise important project to publish, in which case the Oz <\/em>series may take a brief break. All prior entries\u00a0will be linked at the bottom of every fresh article.\u00a0If you’re a fan of the show and appreciate this project, please promote it widely and spread the word. Pop Culture Spin appreciates your efforts.\u00a0Up next in the\u00a0list, we have Kenny Wangler, played by J.D. Williams.<\/p>\n

Anyone who read my 30-part The Wire <\/em>list knows that J.D. Williams had his turn there as Bodie Broadus. While Williams as Kenny in Oz <\/em>nowhere nears his greatness as Bodie in The Wire<\/em>, the prison character was nevertheless a strong figure who acted as an important secondary\u00a0personality\u00a0for much of the show. Another aspect of why Kenny was less easy to like than Bodie was Kenny’s abrasiveness – he straight up wasn’t easy to root for or sympathize with.<\/p>\n

Kenny had drug abuse issues throughout Oz<\/em>, and he was also a dealer. Simon Adebisi may not have claimed ownership status over Kenny, but that was the implied reality. The pair had a tumultuous relationship that featured constant bickering and overall dysfunction. Kenny was the type of inmate who swarmed toward problems, something of a magnet for issues.<\/p>\n

In the end, it was Kenny’s issues with Adebisi that doomed him and caused his death. The ever evolving schemer, Adebisi had a gun placed into Oz <\/em>and put it in the cell of the lunatic and victim target Guillaume Tarrant. Since Kenny and some of his buddies had been focusing their malicious efforts on Tarrant, the French inmate murdered Kenny along with multiple other people. I was pained during multiple Oz <\/em>deaths, Kenny’s was not one of them. He was an obnoxious and difficult personality. Due to about four seasons of screen time and a say in the overall scope of the show, however, Kenny deserves to be included on a list of this length.<\/p>\n

Published Entries of my Examining Oz <\/em>Characters List<\/strong>
\nPart 1 – Simon Adebisi<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 2 – Father Ray Mukada<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 3 – Chris Keller<\/a>
\nPart 4 – Diane Whittlesbey<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 5 – Bob Rebadow<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 6 – Augustus Hill<\/a>
\nPart 7 – Jaz Hoyt<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 8 – Ryan O’Reily<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 9 – Arnold “Poet” Jackson<\/a>
\nPart 10 – Sister Peter Marie Reimondo<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 11 – Shirley Bellinger<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 12 – Miguel Alvarez<\/a>
\nPart 13 – Warden Leo Glynn<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 14 – Chucky Pancamo<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 15 – Gloria Nathan<\/a>
\nPart 16 – Cyril O’Reily<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 17 – Governor James Devlin<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 18 – Kareem Said<\/a>
\nPart 19 – Kenny Wangler<\/a> \/ Part 20 – Vernon Schillinger<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 21 – Agamemnon Busmalis<\/a>
\nPart 22 – Tim McManus<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 23 – Enrique Morales<\/a> \/ Part 24 – Burr Redding<\/a>\u00a0\/ Part 25 – Tobias Beecher<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ongoing\u00a0for 25 total entries, I will be examining the best and most memorable figures from Oz. The prison show was HBO’s first venture into dramatic television, making the series a critical point of progress for the network. Many cast members went on to have bigger careers that partially spawned due to excellence on Oz. The<\/p>\n

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