Letters to the Editor
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An after thought
The parallel between the Sopranos and our corporations that so well represent "American Interests" in the world are evident, even down to the bonsus they get when they whack someone. It is just business, see Enron, Bopal.
The have their families and girl-friends on the side just like the Sopranos. Morality and Christian sex are left to the rabid right like a bone thrown to a dog or a toy to a child while the people in charge take care of "business". If the price is right everything is possible - just as unscrupulous political power offers that same tempting dizzyness to those not afraid of dirty their hands. But there is no going back and no remorse, they are not Lady Macbeths with damn'ed spots.
I think one of the things that kept many of those interested in the Sopranos glued to the next episode was James Gandolfino's supberb acting that kept leaking into the background "what might have been," that unspoken something or longing he could not get rid of. Then he is reduced to his acts - it all boils down to - who comes first?