The best explanation of what happened at the end of The Sopranos can be found in the short story "The Lady or the Tiger". (Worth looking up – it's good). In short, the author leaves the reader (the viewer) in charge of writing their own ending. What happens at the end of the series is whatever you think happened. Each individual writes their own ending to this classic television series. Frankly, its brilliant. If David Chase had written a "normal" ending, no matter what that ending was, the show wouldn't still have so much buzz about it. It still would've been one of the best tv series in history but I'm convinced it wouldn't have the same cultural legs. Most series fade from cultural relevance and collective imagination pretty quickly, even great series, but I suspect the Sopranos has decades of shelf life left, at least. A truly remarkable piece of American art.
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NEVER GET RID OF JOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HOW MUCH MORE BETRAYAL CAN POOR PAULIE TAKE!!!
Joe was like 15 years old when it ended!
I love Joe!!!!!!
The best explanation of what happened at the end of The Sopranos can be found in the short story "The Lady or the Tiger". (Worth looking up – it's good). In short, the author leaves the reader (the viewer) in charge of writing their own ending. What happens at the end of the series is whatever you think happened. Each individual writes their own ending to this classic television series. Frankly, its brilliant. If David Chase had written a "normal" ending, no matter what that ending was, the show wouldn't still have so much buzz about it. It still would've been one of the best tv series in history but I'm convinced it wouldn't have the same cultural legs. Most series fade from cultural relevance and collective imagination pretty quickly, even great series, but I suspect the Sopranos has decades of shelf life left, at least. A truly remarkable piece of American art.
really ain’t helping the narrative the first two players the Boston radio hosts bring up are Sam and Payton?