Soprano’s Ending Explained-Sort Of
I know women you have not come to grips with the demise of Melrose Place in the 90’s. But the Soprano’s finale is a more recent wound for many people, and producer David Chase wants to reopen the wound:
Breaking his silence months after the HBO mob drama ended its run, he is offering a belated explanation for that blackout at the restaurant. He strongly suggests that, no, Tony Soprano didn’t get whacked moments later as he munched onion rings with his family at Holsten’s. And mostly Chase wonders why so many viewers got so worked up over the series’ non-finish.
“There WAS a war going on that week, and attempted terror attacks in London,” says Chase. “But these people were talking about onion rings.”
The interview, included in “‘The Sopranos’: The Complete Book,” published this week, finds Chase exasperated by viewers who were upset that Tony didn’t meet explicit doom.
Chase says the New Jersey mob boss “had been people’s alter ego. They had gleefully watched him rob, kill, pillage, lie and cheat. They had cheered him on. And then, all of a sudden, they wanted to see him punished for all that. They wanted ‘justice’…
“The pathetic thing - to me - was how much they wanted HIS blood, after cheering him on for eight years.” Jam! Showbiz Television
Yes, Soparno’s fans are more pathetic than the Rockies in Game One of the World Series, according to Chase:
Chase insists that what you saw (and didn’t see) is what you get.
“There are no esoteric clues in there. No ‘Da Vinci Code,”’ he declares.
He says it’s “just great” if fans tried to find a deeper meaning, but “most of them, most of us, should have done this kind of thing in high school English class and didn’t.”
He defends the bleak, seemingly inconclusive ending as appropriate - and even a little hopeful.
A.J. will “probably be a low-level movie producer. But he’s not going to be a killer like his father, is he? Meadow may not become a pediatrician or even a lawyer ... but she’ll learn to operate in the world in ways that Carmela never did.
“It’s not ideal. It’s not what the parents dreamed of. But it’s better than it was,” Chase says.
Whacking Chase might be extreme. But feel free to sucker punch the bastard if you ever run into him.
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