Waller
2008-05-31 10:57:20
Good point on the Sopranos. I never “got” that show either. It’s one thing to look at a lifestyle ala “The Godfather” or “An Unmarried Woman”. But when you built a weekly show around these characters and “humanize” them it really doesn’t say much for the viewer. “He’s just like me except he kills people occasionally, or she’s like me except she’s an uber-whore”.
It really does demean you. What next? The lovable flasher or subway butt-grabber? I’m sure we could write them as sympathic but troubled characters too. The line gets ever pushed in a more disturbing direction.
