tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post114348690703384832..comments2023-07-16T09:43:40.228-04:00Comments on The Conversation: "Here I am, half a wiseguy"Jonathan Pottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1143560874465459542006-03-28T10:47:00.000-05:002006-03-28T10:47:00.000-05:00Again, the repeat viewings reveal many details, si...Again, the repeat viewings reveal many details, significant and funny. In a scene where AJ and Meadow are eating pizza, the background music is "The First Cut is the Deepest." <BR/><BR/>In another hospital room scene, Carmela is reading a Sue Grafton novel. The title? "C" is for Corpse, the story of a an attempted murder where the intended victim can't remember who or why someone tried to kill him.Sean McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991103240602401327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1143553334204532012006-03-28T08:42:00.000-05:002006-03-28T08:42:00.000-05:00I've mentioned this before...I watch every episode...I've mentioned this before...I watch every episode at least twice. At least. And most episodes get better with repeat viewings. Here are two reasons why. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Towards the end of last Sunday's show, Tony faces crossing the threshold of death. And at one point he seems ready to go "home," until Meadow's voice pulls him back. Maybe Tony is glad to be alive. But as the end song — Over the Rainbow — plays, he might be wondering why he can't fly over the rainbow too. (But then there's the other side of the Oz theme, with Dorothy's dream of escaping Kansas only to realize that there's no place like home.)<BR/><BR/>Okay, and another great Carmela moment. When Vito and Paulie "caringly and willingly" hand her a package of money near the end of the show, they smile as though it's an unselfish act of concern. But she catches their forlorn look on the elevator and knows their true feelings. A few seconds later in the hospital room, as she put the envelope of loot on the beside table, she says to Tony, "I don't know how you do it." At first, she seems to be saying I don't know how you instill the respect/fear in these people." But honestly, she seems to be also saying "I don't know how you put up with these hypocritical bastards."<BR/><BR/>It's a rich show. And damn, even though I hate the whole bunch of them, I was glad that Tony decided not to take that big step up to the family reserve. At least not yet.Sean McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991103240602401327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480995.post-1143492049434958392006-03-27T15:40:00.000-05:002006-03-27T15:40:00.000-05:00Finally, someone literally broke Paulie's balls. A...Finally, someone literally broke Paulie's balls. And what a show that was last night. A classic. And I think my theory of Tony's limbo was right on. He's back, baby. He's back. And the previews look as though he's getting back in the game pretty fast.Sean McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991103240602401327noreply@blogger.com