[lbo-talk] favorite lines

[joanna]

Yes, all in all, it was a great take on the effects of corporatization 
and underlines the fact that the "mafia" movies of the last thirty years 
have been partly fueled by nostalgia for the era of the little guy...and 
of family-based business. This was very true up through all the 
Godfathers. The Soparanos opened new territory -- that of the 
respectable, reflective, upwardly-mobile criminal, personified by Tony 
who looks pretty good compared to the self-righteous professional 
yuppies so liberally sprinkled around him.

Joanna

Doug Henwood wrote:


> Dennis Claxton wrote:
>
>> Some of this week's Sopranos lines:
>>
>> 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
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