[lbo-talk] Is this the end of Tony?

[BklynMagus]

> Mawkish and self-pitying sound like pretty strange  
descriptors for the show. To each hir own, I guess.

I just find Tony full of self-pity.  And self-pity 
that Chase wants the audience to identify with and 
valorize.


> Maybe it's because I'm part Italian and from Joisey.

And I think that is a major aspect of the show's appeal: 
people identify with the characters.  But for me, if you 
are going to work in a visual medium, then there should 
be some facility demonstrated with the tools of that 
visual medium.  If not, what was the point of choosing  
that particular medium in the first place?

Brian