Something else Tony is not: an old-fashioned gangster who honors the traditions of the mafia. Tony is the exact opposite, a chronic complainer and serial-whiner prone to self-pity and rage. He is also a hypocrite, nothing like what he says he idealizes: Gary Cooper, the strong silent type. Through and through he is a gangster, adulterer, cold-blooded killer, inveterate liar, unrepentant racist, a bully, master manipulator, abuser of women, and a horrible, horrible father who made his children complicit to his crimes to devastating effect. Other than self-interest, Tony has no code.
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There is nothing heroic about Anthony Soprano, anti or otherwise.Īnti-heroes have a code and are willing to sacrifice to honor that code. One so-called first where I find myself in disagreement with some Sopranos fans is this idea Tony Soprano is television’s first anti-hero. At the time, we had never seen anything like it, and therefore it is not hyperbole to argue The Sopranos is to television what Rock Around the Clock was to music. His mold is now the norm, what we expect.
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What Sopranos creator David Chase did accomplish, though, was nothing less than to crack the artistic code for a medium that was well into middle age.Ĭhase hardened the mold of the ten to thirteen episode format, and through adult storytelling, respect for the intelligence of his audience, cinema-quality production values, and pitch-perfect performances, showed the world what television was truly capable of. For decades, the television miniseries, notably Roots (1977), The Winds of War (1980), Holocaust (1978), and most especially Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), had been gripping the nation over a handful of nights as “novels for television.” The Sopranos is not the first show to ignore the 22 to 24 episode season. There was Hill Street Blues and Twin Peaks and let’s not ignore primetime soaps like Dallas and Dynasty.
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The Sopranos is not the first show to tell a continuing story. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).In the background Alabama 3’s Woke Up This Morning throbbed on the soundtrack: “Woke up this morning, you got yourself a gun, got yourself a gun, got yourself a gun…” and with the sound of a record scratch, The Sopranos changed television forever. Get the embed code The Sopranos - Miscellaneous Album Lyrics1.Gotta Serve Somebody2.Return to Me3.Woke Up This MorningThe Sopranos Lyrics provided by When you woke up this morning, you got yourself a gun When you woke up this morning, mama said you'd be the chosen one When you woke up this morning, when you woke up this morning
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'Cos when you woke up this morning everything you had was gone Well, you do so make up your mind to go on Wives, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothersĭon't you wish you didn't function, wish you didn't thinkīeyond the next paycheck and the next little drink The meaning of things as they appear to the others Last night you were flying but today you're so lowĪin't it times like these that make you wonder if you'll ever know Like a voice telling you there was something you should know
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Ringing like a bell from your head down to your toes When you woke up this morning everything you had was goneīy half past ten your head was going ding-dong Thing's ain't been the same since the blues walked into townīut you're one in a million, you've got that shotgun shine You woke up this morning, the world turned upside down Your papa never told you about right and wrongīut you're looking good, baby, I believe you're feeling fineīorn under a bad sign with a blue moon in your eyes You woke up this morning, all the love has gone She said, "You're one in a million, you've got to burn to shineīut you were born under a bad sign with a blue moon in your eyes" You woke up this morning, got yourself a gun