On Apr 30, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
> Anyone watching the Sopranos? I saw a David Chase quote where he
> said mob stories are always about rise and inevitable fall and he
> didn't want the Sopranos to be that. But so far these new episodes
> are particularly grim I think. All the references to loss, mostly
> due to age and feeling disconnected with a changed world, it's
> feeling as dismal as something from post-WWII Europe.
Yup. It looks like Tony is heading towards doom, and not without company.
People have been talking up The Wire as being as good as or even better than the Sopranos. We finally caught a show last night, right after the Sopranos on BET. It was bleeped for basic cable - which curiously allows "shit" but not "fuck" - but otherwise I presume it was intact. There's just no comparison. It was like a pretty good cop show with "language," as they say in the rating system, but not much more. The writing was unremarkable and the acting, especially of the incidental characters, was ordinary. Coming right after The Sopranos, it was up against some tough competition, but didn't seem in the same league.
Doug