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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some posters are being too superficial.  I highly recommend this in-depth analysis of what happened by Mike Cole http://mikecole.org/the-sopranos-ending-made-in-america/

To summarize the ending:

"However, The Sopranos is first and foremost a work of fiction. And as such, it is likely subject to all the plot development devices commonly employed by authors of fiction including: dramatic irony, symbolism, and meaningful scene sequencing. Using an understanding of these techniques to glean clues from the final two episodes, we can clearly conclude the following:

Tony was indeed "whacked"
Carmela and AJ also were killed
Meadow lived
Patsy Parisi betrayed Tony
AJ inadvertently facilitated the murders
Rhiannon was an unwitting accomplice for the murders"

Definitely worth your time if you are a Sopranos fan!
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Ok Mike, I read your blog. You came up with an intriguing theory for the ending and why AJ and Carmela were also killed based on the idea that they're eating onion rings as the equivalent of the Eucharist, aka the Last Supper. The problem with the theory is that only one person died following the Last Supper: Jesus. If the dinner at the restaurant was supposed to be an allegory of the Last Supper, it doesn't work, and that's leaving aside the whole problematic issue of comparing Tony to Jesus.

Noticed that people commenting on your blog pointed out all the flaws with this theory, of which not least is David Chase apparently commenting that AJ ends up a low level producer (therefore he didn't get whacked). There is also the danger of overanalyzing a story and finding allegories where the writers never meant to be allegories. Sometimes people just die. They just die. Like Tony's mother. And I think that's the most logical outcome for the episode. Tony just died. He didn't get whacked. All the other "clues" are red herrings but they don't add up to a mob hit. [/quote]

Then of course there is this: whatever the author meant is irrelevant in light of what the reader - or in this case viewer - thinks. Once you create a work of art and send it out into the world, you lose creative control over it and it becomes a possession of each and every person who experiences it and considers it in light of their own unique perspective.

If books and films and television and paintings and music etc. had only one fixed meaning, they would be not so very compelling in the human arena.

Tony died for some viewers. Tony didn’t die for some viewers. Etc.

David Chase’s thoughts on the matter aren’t relevant to us. [/quote]

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