On Jun 11, 2007, at 4:23 PM, BklynMagus wrote:
>> 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.
There was so much ambivalence in everything about the show, including Tony and our reaction to him, than anything I've ever seen on TV before. He's a murderous scumbag, he's a charmer; he's cold and ruthless, he's sentimental and tender; he's sexy, he's repulsive; etc. We must have been watching different shows.
Doug