Comments on: Sopranos — “Don’t Stop”

By: defenestrated

defenestrated — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:18:43 +0000

You know what, Amp? I’ve never watched the Sopranos.

Just thought I’d slip that in there ;)

By: flea

flea — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:52:43 +0000

I thought the cat was Adrianna - still bullied by the mobsters (except, notably, for Tony, who has genuine affection for the cat, just like he did for Adrianna), and still inexplicably infatuated with Christopher.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:06:17 +0000

The thing that most puzzles me: That creepy cat. Mikey suggests that it’s Christopher reincarnated, which would be pathetic; Christopher comes back and not only is he not pissed at Tony, he’s still a complete narcissist.

I thought it would be a play off of Paulie’s superstitiousness, false foreshadowing.

But don’t ask me, I’m only halfway through Season 6. I just read ahead.

By: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » Damned either way

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:49:40 +0000

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By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:06:25 +0000

You’re right, he did want to come back in. My bad.

OK, never mind. Nobody ever changes. ;)

By: hf

hf — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:00:41 +0000

Wikipedia has what I recalled from the episode Cold Stones:

Vito has a reunion dinner out with his family in Rockefeller Center. He has told his children that he has been working for the CIA in Afghanistan as an alibi for his absence. As Vito and Marie watch their children ice skate, she asks if he will seek therapy. Vito scoffs at this and recommends they have another child.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:51:16 +0000

Um, Robert, I seem to recall he wanted to go back in his closet. Or am I thinking of a different character?

He had a freakout when the studly cook was nice to him, but he got ahold of himself later. As far as I recall he decided he couldn’t go back into the closet and wanted Tony to set him up at a satellite location somewhere where he could still earn for the outfit but not be in the faces of the other members.

By: hf

hf — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:47:34 +0000

Um, Robert, I seem to recall he wanted to go back in his closet. Or am I thinking of a different character?

I figured the cat just wanted to fuck with Pauli for its own amusement.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:14:04 +0000

because in The Sopranos people don’t change; they just become more refined and horrible versions of what they always were.

Vito changed. Unless being an out homosexual is “refined and horrible” ;)

I think the bravest thing that the Sopranos team did was having Tony try to change - and even to have “life-changing” experiences - but end up falling back into his old pattern. That’s what happens in real life a lot of the time, but rarely in fiction.

By: Emon

Emon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:18:21 +0000

Thanks for the trackback! We should link to each other.

Anti-ending is the word. What would Robert McKee say about this ending? Just kidding.