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The American TV series The Wire, which methodically dissected America\\u2019s war with drugs, was an eye-opener for many. Shaun Ley interviews Wendell Pierce, whose role as Detective Bunk Moreland brought him international attention. Now he\\u2019s on stage in London as the protagonist in Arthur Miller\\u2019s play Death of a Salesman. But it was Hurricane Katrina that defined him, when he rolled up his own sleeves when his childhood home was smashed. After his city\\u2019s darkest hour, when help failed to come, did Wendell Pierce fall out of love with America?