My argument that the ‘Sopranos’ ended with a bloodbath (which David Chase didn’t show out of sensitivity to our love for the Soprano family and because it was obvious to the discerning) was based in part on the figure of a cat that bedevilled Paulie Walnuts. You’ll recall that Paulie finds the cat in the clubhouse, staring at the portrait of murdered Chris, and tries to broom it out, saying, "That cat is an omen of death!" or words to that effect. Then Tony Soprano forces Paulie to take a job he doesn’t want to do–because all the other capos who did it died–and sure enough, in a late scene in the last show, the cat starts following Paulie. Whose death, though prefigured, is never shown.
This was evidence of Chase’s great theme in the final show: Tony bullies everyone into his circle of death, overcoming their better judgment. (The other giveaway was his forcing his son Anthony into his SUV when the kid is jogging, trying to improve his health…)
Well, life imitates art. Here’s that cat again.
I know where you live Phil.
while we are on death, did jews kill the career of arsenio hall?
Makes me think of Rupert Sheldrake:
http://www.sheldrake.org/homepage.html
And this:
http://www.tk-logo.de/nachrichten/juli-07/tk-news-1682-03-07-07.html
Interesting. Thanks for letting us know.
Of course they killed Arsenios career. He sucked. It was a mercy killing.
sorry, I am tired. I did not realize one of the links above was German:
Here the same story in English:
link to bioedonline.org
I have watched The Sopranos from the start and loved every episode. I also agree with you 100% re: your theory since I came to the exact same conclusion myself.
Here is another element to consider. When Tony was in a coma, it was Meadow's voice that called him away from the house with his gathered dead relatives. And it was Meadow who came through the door at the final moment. Think this is a coincidence? It's not.
mercy killing? if there are mercy killings because the actors/entertainers/writers sucked, hollywood and nyc would be nearly empty. 23 hrs of snow. 15 minutes of ads. 1/4 hr of weather channel.