I agree.
The ending was, in my opinion, the T.S. Eliot ending: not with a
bang but a whimper.
We loved it.
Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt
On Jun 10, 2007, at 11:52 PM, David Kusumoto wrote:
And let's not forget another reason why the Sopranos was great. It
left us with 86 shows since 1999 -- and in my view, only about 20
of 'em could be called "duds" (and even those have to be qualified
because they weren't total stinkers). Its detractors rightly were
disgusted by the language and sex and other elements, but David
Chase created an alternate universe so convincingly that even when
you hated to watch, once you did, you were hooked.
Any show that allowed us to see the legendary Lauren Bacall get
"smacked" and then deliver an "f-bomb" with such smoothness and
assurance was worth something. Everyone knows Betty Bacall is
closer to what we saw in the Sopranos -- than our idealized version
of her in movies. In real life, she swears off camera like a
sailor. There were a lot of great episodes and star-turns, but I
have to say that that episode, along with "College" in season 1 and
the episodes involving Janice popping her husband after hitting her
-- and Ralphie getting killed by Tony in the kitchen, arguing over
a HORSE -- stick out in my mind. Oh and before I forget; the
singular episode (and probably the only) where Lorraine Bracco got
to show her acting chops -- after she's sexually attacked and has
to decide whether, when she sees her assailant later, to tell Tony
to help her exact revenge. Just a great show...
-koose.
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