Letters to the Editor
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One part of the "jokier" or "clubbier" aspects of TV shows and David Chase in particular is the blatant use of the "perks" ...
the "shout-outs" but also the reappearance of small characters/actors which add to their resume but MORE IMPORTANTLY provide them likely with residual payments ... which is what many a starving mid-life actor lives on ...
In addition, there's product placement for, what certainly appears to me to be, the sheer naked venality of it (ha ha ha) etc.
It's part of what I love about Law and Order casts (and juries) -- all sorts of theatre faces in need of a role to renew their SAG card ... not to mention the happy prospect of residuals for larger players (the returning judges, defense counsels, etc.) And that does not include whatever deals are made for DVD sales, etc.
It's magnificant to spread the wealth and let one hand wash the other (swag and product placement-wise)...
There's gold in them those hills and there's serious income as well for (some) of the musicians/music houses in the songs that are chosen. Imagine the I-tube downloads ...
I will re-watch the final sequence wrt to the look-alikes -- love the concept....