I am rewatching the Sopranos

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a very real depiction of NY/North Jersey mafia families.

Aren’t mafia families for the most part a thing of the past? Even on Sopranos they don’t want their kids going into the mob and future generations will be college educated like Meadow or head to military school like AJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a very real depiction of NY/North Jersey mafia families.

Aren’t mafia families for the most part a thing of the past? Even on Sopranos they don’t want their kids going into the mob and future generations will be college educated like Meadow or head to military school like AJ.

It’s not a thing of the past. It still goes on quietly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a very real depiction of NY/North Jersey mafia families.

I’m afraid to ask, but how do you know this?

Dh is from Staten Island/nj.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems dated to me. Much like SATC. Entertaining, but very much a relic of the past.

I like the dated, relic of the past shows. They are so much better than the unfunny, vapid, politically correct, socially conscious/nauseatingly diverse, uncreative, boring shows of today.

I never watched Sopranos because I don’t care to get into the psyche of a mobster, but I’m positive that it’s much better than any new show.[/quote

Oh wow have you never seen TLC and all it's glory promoting only adoption and how wonderful all those reunions are when in reality that is not the truth. Or Seeking Sister Wives another Bible-thumping horrific abuse of women. Or Polygamy like the Browns where they promote getting on social service programs the more the better, not like Kody or Janelle's supposed careers supported those kids the state did. Oh, and the Duggars that were just lovely, and the Huckabees good old Sarah and her creepy daddy old gov Mikey went to bat for them many times. All of these are examples of RW garbage TV.

I can go on and on about many shows on TV that show RW crap.

Tell us you are a stupid Republican oh wait you just did in your post. Right now you have the right to choose what you watch, when Republicans take over that is over. Do you think Russians control the content on their TV's or Chinese do????

I can’t decide if you sound more strung out or triggered. Do you need a safe place or a joint, or both?!?

And to answer your question, I don’t watch any reality tv at all and have no idea about any of the references you made. But I do know the fictional tv shows I’ve watched recently are garbage, even the Law and Order reboot I couldn’t wait to see. Same goes for the Sex and the City reboot. Garbage. Plain old garbage. Production companies are too busy worrying about filling in boxes and “educating” as opposed to entertaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems dated to me. Much like SATC. Entertaining, but very much a relic of the past.

Be honest. Are you under 28? Do you believe that all new entertainment should feature a proportion of POC exactly reflecting the US of this moment -- even though Jefferson or Hamlet or Tony Soprano or Mary Poppins wouldn't have interacted with a South Asian person in their lifetime?

If so, stick with the reboots. Let the rest of us accept that neither central Jersey or Sicily would have had any trans Latinx/Black people in the family in 1999.

Tony Soprano had a meeting and ate at an Indian restaurant.
Tony also loves Chinese takeout (orange peel beef specifically), as well as he and Carm's special place was a sushi place.
Tony B went into to business with a Korean immigrant.

So there are POC where appropriate... the show takes place in suburban NJ and NYC... so reflects their realities.

[Anonymous]

Such a great show. Gets better ever time I watch it. It is a totally accurate depiction of NY/NJ. I grew up there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems dated to me. Much like SATC. Entertaining, but very much a relic of the past.

Be honest. Are you under 28? Do you believe that all new entertainment should feature a proportion of POC exactly reflecting the US of this moment -- even though Jefferson or Hamlet or Tony Soprano or Mary Poppins wouldn't have interacted with a South Asian person in their lifetime?

If so, stick with the reboots. Let the rest of us accept that neither central Jersey or Sicily would have had any trans Latinx/Black people in the family in 1999.

Tony Soprano had a meeting and ate at an Indian restaurant.
Tony also loves Chinese takeout (orange peel beef specifically), as well as he and Carm's special place was a sushi place.
Tony B went into to business with a Korean immigrant.

So there are POC where appropriate... the show takes place in suburban NJ and NYC... so reflects their realities.

He also did business with Jews and Arabs and Hispanics. It’s very indicative of NJ and what Italians say about each group (including Sicilians!)

Italians take lots of pride in doing crime quietly and not doing “random crime” .

[Anonymous]

We loved it the first time around. May need revisit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a very real depiction of NY/North Jersey mafia families.

I’m afraid to ask, but how do you know this?

Dh is from Staten Island/nj.

My college pal was from Staten Island. She never said her family was Mafia, but she casually said the mafia would watch their house for them when they were on vacation.

[Anonymous]

The thing no one talks about is that Tony’s mother has borderline personality disorder. That actress is brilliant.

They never mention BPD in the show. I recognized the behaviors because Tony’s mother did stuff my mother did. I read an interview with the actress, and she confirmed she was aiming for conveying a borderline.

I felt seen.

Two thumbs up for this show. I might need to watch it again.

[Anonymous]

While not that old (right?), it shocks me on rewatching to me in the pilot when stand-alone DVD players are a high-dollar item.

That mob-boss screenplay would have been a breeze to finish with AI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems dated to me. Much like SATC. Entertaining, but very much a relic of the past.

Be honest. Are you under 28? Do you believe that all new entertainment should feature a proportion of POC exactly reflecting the US of this moment -- even though Jefferson or Hamlet or Tony Soprano or Mary Poppins wouldn't have interacted with a South Asian person in their lifetime?

If so, stick with the reboots. Let the rest of us accept that neither central Jersey or Sicily would have had any trans Latinx/Black people in the family in 1999.

You're really obsessed with this, aren't you. Normal people don't think this way.

BTW, theaters and actors have been casting against type forever. It's a common trope for Shakespeare, for example. Men used to play women ALL the time since women weren't allowed to act on stage. Is that what you're yearning for? What a bizarre fixation you have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Such a great show. Gets better ever time I watch it. It is a totally accurate depiction of NY/NJ. I grew up there.

Me too. Lived in the next town over from the Satin Dolls club (the “Bada Bing” IRL). One of the reasons I love this show is because it really captures 90s North Jersey to a T.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thing no one talks about is that Tony’s mother has borderline personality disorder. That actress is brilliant.

They never mention BPD in the show. I recognized the behaviors because Tony’s mother did stuff my mother did. I read an interview with the actress, and she confirmed she was aiming for conveying a borderline.

I felt seen.

Two thumbs up for this show. I might need to watch it again.

I’m just watching the show for the first time, and the psychiatrist actually does suggest this to Tony. She reads him a description of the disorder and he freaks out and storms out of her office.

[Anonymous]

I think Nirvana’s music holds up well.

Interviews with Kurt are cringey. He was a jerk in a lot of ways.