[lbo-talk] Sopranos

ravi gadfly at exitleft.org
Sat Oct 9 10:48:11 PDT 2004


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Carl Remick wrote:
>
>> That lost-in-the-woods episode is another of the all-time greats.
>> Tony's henchmen Paulie and Chris take a Russian gangster (apparently a
>> highly trained former commando) off into the woods to whack him.
>
>
> An episode rich with New Jersey content. They're in the Pine Barrens in
> central Jersey, and they worry about being attacked by the "Jackson
> Whites." I have no idea who the Jackson Whites really are, but I grew up
> hearing about them as a horde of inbred hillbilly types who preyed on
> outsiders.
>

duh! a real new jersey'an knows that the thing to worry about in the pine barrens is the jersey devil ;-). i have read some "reports" about people living in the pine barrens, and hikers occasionally coming across some of these reclusive members!

--ravi



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