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Was Sopranos more of a political show than Game of Thrones?
Posted on 10/25/16 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 10/25/16 at 6:42 pm
Jumping around re-watching old Sopranos clips. There are many political undercurrents, If not more than, at least the equal of GOT I think.
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Posted on 10/25/16 at 6:45 pm to PatDyesPants
I heard if you watch "Fun house" backwards, it says "Vote for Trump".
Posted on 10/25/16 at 7:14 pm to Vols&Shaft83
I think after 9/11 the show got more political. Tony passing info about possible terrorists to the FBI and the Columbus Day protests. Alot of the male characters on the show seemed to be Conservative.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 7:16 pm to PatDyesPants
I remember seeing somewhere that game of thrones was likened to the sopranos set in middle earth. having read the books, I thought it was a pretty apt comparison and told my friends that to get them to watch.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 7:31 pm to Josh Fenderman
I never found The Sopranos to be a political series.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 8:33 pm to Marciano1
I am talking about the politics of the characters interacting with each other, not American / government political events.
Tony dealing with NY, his family, etc.
Tony dealing with NY, his family, etc.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 9:02 pm to PatDyesPants
Well - yeah. Every drama with a plot to tell is going to have political angling.
That being said, Sopranos is nowhere on GoT's level in this regard. GoT is a sprawling epic with upwards of a hundred characters vying for power.
Sopranos has that on a much more limited scale. Sopranos also relies on Tony's POV in every episode.
That being said, Sopranos is nowhere on GoT's level in this regard. GoT is a sprawling epic with upwards of a hundred characters vying for power.
Sopranos has that on a much more limited scale. Sopranos also relies on Tony's POV in every episode.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 9:05 pm to AlonsoWDC
I mean look at the final season - Brooklyn is in full-out war with itself, and eventually Jersey. It takes place, until the final two episodes at least, in the complete background of Tony completely breaking down as a person.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 11:27 pm to PatDyesPants
GOT is war and politics
Sopranos isn't even close to GOT on politics
Sopranos isn't even close to GOT on politics
Posted on 10/25/16 at 11:51 pm to Campaign
Supposedly GOT was inspired by the War of the Roses, which was obviously war and politics, although I don't see a close connection.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 1:08 am to PatDyesPants
I liked the brief chat between Paulie and Christopher about the Cuban Missile Crisis on the Pine Barrens episode.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 9:28 am to biglego
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Supposedly GOT was inspired by the War of the Roses, which was obviously war and politics, although I don't see a close connection.
It was based on the Accursed Kings series of books by Maurice Druon. I think Martin even wrote the introduction to the newest edition of the first book of the series and admitted they were what inspired the GOT story.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 1:17 pm to AUveritas
Just googled that series. Sounds like something I'd love.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 1:19 pm to AZTarheeel
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Except for the Columbus Day episode, which apparently everyone hated except me.
One of my favorite episodes of the series
Posted on 10/26/16 at 1:53 pm to biglego
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Just googled that series. Sounds like something I'd love.
I'm almost finished with the first book (The Iron King) and it's very good. Definitely one of the best historical novels I've ever read.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 3:26 pm to craigbiggio
Tony's speech to Silvio on the way back from the casino is classic.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 5:04 pm to NIH
Tony - What happened to Gary Cooper?
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Sil - He died.
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Sil - He died.
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