>Some of this week's Sopranos lines:
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>http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/favoritelines/episode73.shtml
Ah, these overlook the tasty subtheme about how chainification is putting the mob out of business (though the "juice"/"Jews" confusion comes close). When the boys try to shakedown a Starbucks-like store for protection money, the manager explains that "every bean is in the computer," and there's no way he could reach into the till to pay them off. As one of the boys - can't remember who - notes on leaving: "It's all over for the little guy." And then Jamba Juice wants to buy a building from Tony that contains a live chicken store. Reluctant to sell at first, Tony worries that everything is getting to look the same - no local character anymore. When Jamba Juice raises the price enough, he comes around though. Who'd have imagined the mob to be so petit bourgeois, or to sound like James Howard Kunstler or Jerry Mander?
Doug