Re: Sopranos
On Apr 30, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
Anyone watching the Sopranos? I saw a David Chase quote where he said mob stories are always about rise and inevitable fall and he didn’t want the Sopranos to be that. But so far these new episodes are particularly grim I think. All the references to loss, mostly due to age and feeling disconnected with a changed world, it’s feeling as dismal as something from post-WWII Europe.
Yup. It looks like Tony is heading towards doom, and not without
company.
People have been talking up The Wire as being as good as or even
better than the Sopranos. We finally caught a show last night, right
after the Sopranos on BET. It was bleeped for basic cable - which
curiously allows “shit” but not “fuck” - but otherwise I presume it
was intact. There’s just no comparison. It was like a pretty good cop
show with “language,” as they say in the rating system, but not much
more. The writing was unremarkable and the acting, especially of the
incidental characters, was ordinary. Coming right after The Sopranos,
it was up against some tough competition, but didn’t seem in the same
league.
Doug