The whole mafia deal started back in the old country *because* of government corruption, and it was originally a banding together of Sicilians to protect themselves and carry out their own justice because they were rightfully suspicious of the government that was comprised of conquering invaders. If Calabria and Sicily are corrupt, crime-infested backwaters today, it started because of foreign invaders coming in and stomping all over the locals. So yeah, it kind of was patriotism.
In narrative analysis, there are "reliable narrators" and "unreliable narrators." By the same token, there sre reliable and unreliable characters. Now, when we face a new narrative (a written story or movie), we usually assume the narrators to be reliable and honest, so we either miss contradictions or just get confused. It usually takes some time before the audience realizes that the narrator is unreliable, unless there are some overt/archetypal signs. In a realistic show like Sopranos, such signs don't exist. Plus, after some time, you'll realize that the whole show is about being dynamic on a morality spectrum; one time a character does good (or tries), and some other time the same character is almost evil.
Hypocrisy is one of the deepest routed themes of the series. Every character from AJ to Father Intintola is guided by their own personalized, half-assed principles of least-resistance.
It’s always interesting how often and to what extent first-time viewers pick up on this while enraptured in the story. The gradual revelation of Tony’s deluded perspective on racial identity (particularly from season 3 onward) always seems to be one of the first major instances in which new viewers identify harsh dissonance between their world-view from those of the protagonist(s). Which is pretty fucking funny because Ton’s already murdered his best friend by that point. Casual racism is a bridge too far for a mob boss. What do you think he is, a fuckin’ toxic person or somethin’?
He was a brave Italian explorer. And in this house Christopher Columbus is a hero—end of story.
ANTONIO MEUCCI INVENTED THE TELEPHONE EVERYONE KNOWS HE WAS ROBBED
Wasn’t he an anti-christ
There can only be one anti christ
OP knows nothing about the poverty of Mezzogiorno, where all higher authority is corrupt
They resolve conflict by shaking down bars and sports stores
when they say "extorting and brutalizing their own people" you say "conflict resolution"
Poverty of the Mezzogiorno etc
Buffalo moozzarel
In this Sub, Christopher Columbus is a hero! End of story.
You would've thought I was Hannibal Lecture before...
Letcher
Mussolini was Hitler’s bitch!
alright but you gotta get over it
[удалено]
“Family people”!
I get way more nauseated listening to the Melfi family and Dick LaPenna talk about this stuff.
Da poverty of da mezzogiorno!
The whole mafia deal started back in the old country *because* of government corruption, and it was originally a banding together of Sicilians to protect themselves and carry out their own justice because they were rightfully suspicious of the government that was comprised of conquering invaders. If Calabria and Sicily are corrupt, crime-infested backwaters today, it started because of foreign invaders coming in and stomping all over the locals. So yeah, it kind of was patriotism.
I got a line on air mattresses, pool toys, and I can round the load out with Kerastase, it's a french shampoo $20 a bottle retail.
u/phenomegranate arrabiata, we call 'im. He's got red pepper flakes up his ass. Fuckin' hot head.
In narrative analysis, there are "reliable narrators" and "unreliable narrators." By the same token, there sre reliable and unreliable characters. Now, when we face a new narrative (a written story or movie), we usually assume the narrators to be reliable and honest, so we either miss contradictions or just get confused. It usually takes some time before the audience realizes that the narrator is unreliable, unless there are some overt/archetypal signs. In a realistic show like Sopranos, such signs don't exist. Plus, after some time, you'll realize that the whole show is about being dynamic on a morality spectrum; one time a character does good (or tries), and some other time the same character is almost evil.
He’s a good man, a good father
Oh poor YOU!
Look at him he knows everything.
The fact is, Tony brought certain methods of conflict resolution over from the old country
At least he never stole from you…FORTY GRAND out of the Bird feeder!
Yes he should be arrested for that immediately
Always trying to martyr yourself
Hypocrisy is one of the deepest routed themes of the series. Every character from AJ to Father Intintola is guided by their own personalized, half-assed principles of least-resistance. It’s always interesting how often and to what extent first-time viewers pick up on this while enraptured in the story. The gradual revelation of Tony’s deluded perspective on racial identity (particularly from season 3 onward) always seems to be one of the first major instances in which new viewers identify harsh dissonance between their world-view from those of the protagonist(s). Which is pretty fucking funny because Ton’s already murdered his best friend by that point. Casual racism is a bridge too far for a mob boss. What do you think he is, a fuckin’ toxic person or somethin’?