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

[Miles Jackson]

Brian Charles Dauth wrote:
> Sucking up to the boss maybe?  But there were moments where the
> series moved beyond competence visually.  I just do not think they
> were numerous/complex enough for THE SOPRANOS to be deemed
> a great work of visual art.
>
>   
Let's keep this in perspective: the Sopranos is an episodic TV show on a 
cable network.  I don't think it's feasible for this medium to generate 
great works of visual art.  What amazes me is how a show as good as the 
Sopranos (and measured against other episodic TV shows on cable, it is 
good!) thrived in the HBO entertainment-industrial complex.  TV execs 
seem to have an unerring knack for fucking up and killing good shows 
(Firefly and Dead like me come to mind).

Miles