Thursday, February 01, 2024

The Sopranos @25

I'm sorry. The regatta is for families. See the kids in miniature life-jackets all blown up like rubber bath toys? See the parents hanging onto a pudgy arm lest a sudden gust capture their balloon child and send them surfing to the trees? It's for families, not for us. - Spill Simmer Falter Wither

The Sopranos is such an incredible show that this moment, that big gasp when she says "I'm your Ma", I've never known whether I was supposed to think it's a tragic or ebullient moment. Either way, it's fucking haunted me for 15 years and counting. Did she use the word "ma" because that's what she always heard other people say, something she wasn't able to experience herself for 60+ years? What a moment. Jesus.

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