Screenwriter caught up in
Twitter crossfire misunderstands term Olé tus cojones
When David Simon wrote The Wire he delved deep into Baltimore street slang, but even that didn’t prepare him for the intricacies of Spanish argot, where what sounds like fighting talk is just as likely to be a bit of flattery.
The US television writer found himself at the centre of a Twitter storm that began when Pablo Iglesias, the leader of the leftwing Unidas Podemos party and a big fan of The Wire, praised Simon’s latest series, The Plot Against America.