May 24, 2004
The Sopranos
There's no way to talk about it without discussing the plot points. If you're following the show and didn't watch last night--but plan to see it later in the week--don't click on the extended entry.
Last night's episode, number 64, is entitled "Long-Term Parking." There are at least three meanings: collect 'em all.
Oh, and Kelly also took a crack at this show. We're all so shook up, doncha know.
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Very well-written post. I'm still too inarticulate after this episode to write one like this.
I've seen some harsh comments about Adriana around the web and that makes me mad as hell. Adriana did nothing wrong. She was just very afraid and was easily bullied by people, which was evidenced by all the abuse she took from Christopher. It's easy to sit here and be Monday morning QB's when we didn't face the situation she did. But she did not deserve to die on her hands in knees, crying in terror. That was just wrong. And it's going to come back and bite them all in the ass.
Posted by: Burnt Fuse at May 27, 2004 05:57 PM (kuGhp)
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If you contrast the way they treated her with the way they treated (the unfortunately nicknamed) Pussy, the misogyny of that culture is very apparent. Pussy
did wear a wire; he went much farther than Adriana in his dealings with the FBI. But they gave him the courtesy of asking him how it happened, and they honored his request not to shoot him in the face.
Adriana is never even asked for her side of the story, and doesn't get the courtesy of a final meeting with the men she supposedly double-crossed.
I'll be interested to see how her death is explained, since the usual way the men explain deaths to their mothers, sisters and wives is to say that the dead person "went into the witness protection program." Wonder if they'll use that with Adriana.
Posted by: Attila Girl at May 27, 2004 07:05 PM (i+lmP)
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May 16, 2004
The Sopranos
Is still good. I'm tending to agree with my husband: it's clear that the season we're watching now was written when negotiations were ongoing, and it wasn't clear whether this might be the last season. I'm wondering if subsequent shows will feel "tacked on." It feels like the overall story is peaking now.
As last season's climax drew near I was knocked over by the fact that Tony and Ralphie were tied together by a horse, and by two women. The horse appeared to symbolize women to a certain degree (and, for crying out loud, its name was "Pie Oh My").
This week's episode confirms it: the woman Tony "stole" from Ralphie, whom he first met at the stable, gets burned (just as Pie Oh My did last season). And in one dream sequence Tony is mounted on a horse in his wife's living room (see what I mean?). He tells Carmella he wants to move back in, and she says if he does that the horse has to stay out the house. In another dream sequence, Tony is screwing the wife of his childhood friend, the restaurateur, as the friend watches from the bedside and tells Tony to "stroke her muzzle."
Horses are women, and women are horses on this show. And women are animals in general: Tony is capable of displaying emotion when women are killed, as he usually cannot for men. (For instance, Tony strikes Ralphie repeatedly--and has to be pulled off--after Ralphie beats the stripper Traci to death behind the Bada Bing.)
Because animals--as with the ducks from the first season--are family (and Tony is reminded of Traci at one point, after her death, by his own daughter). And his family--his mob family in particular--are animals.
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Interesting analysis.
However, I have to say that this whole season is sub-par in what I have come to expect from the Sopranos. The story lines just don't grip me like they used to.
I also agree with you that a lot of the stories seem tacked on. I actually thought this WAS the last season until just a few weeks ago.
Posted by: Director Mitch at May 19, 2004 07:08 PM (xrLDf)
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May 13, 2004
The West Wing
. . . has gone all Jane Austen on us. I mean this in a good way, of course. That show is getting better and better.
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