"Doooooon't Stop"
I love it.
Of course, I could be formulaic and say that if you never followed the Sopranos, or couldn't catch the final episode "Made in America", you shouldn't read this. But then again, the pure evil genius of the ending makes it a non sequitur. What happens to Tony and his family? Will his daughter ever learn how to parallel park? We don't know. We won't know. MWHAHAHAHA!
For me, the Sopranos was a phenomenon that I always followed at a distance - never really saw a complete episode, but followed some of the major plot lines and twists on the various TV/movie sites. (Austin, TX plug - aintitcoolnews.com, run by the venerable Harry Knowles.) I was very interested in the finale, but more from a fan reaction standpoint. "Reaction" doesn't seem an appropriate word; "rip in space-time" might be more appropriate. Personally, I love anything where the reaction is half joy and half loathing; check out any fan bulletin board and that's exactly what you'll see. I think David Chase was called every insult in English by the time the credits rolled; within an hour, the fans had gone to Japanese and Klingon to vent their feelings. Every other post, though, was equally orgasmic - "Geeeeeeenius", etc. I'd say that the show's staff made their bones with this one.
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