Reckoning With Ghosts of Masculinity’s Past, Present, and Future - The Sopranos Two Decades Later
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Spoiler Warning - Massive spoilers for the entire Sopranos series. It took me twenty years to get around to watching The Sopranos in full and I’m so glad I waited. Had I continued binging with my girlfriend at the time in 2008, who would bring the show’s DVDs home from her job at Blockbuster, most of its subtextual explorations of masculinity and themes of violent exploitation would have been lost on me. I may have come away with a base understanding of “organized crime bad, but Tony still pretty cool,” and, honestly ... he still has his moments. Now, as we sit at the threshold of an upcoming prequel film its creators promise will live up to its legacy, I wonder if that’s even possible as I reflect on how
Reckoning With Ghosts of Masculinity’s Past, Present, and Future - The Sopranos Two Decades Later
Reckoning With Ghosts of Masculinity’s Past…
Reckoning With Ghosts of Masculinity’s Past, Present, and Future - The Sopranos Two Decades Later
Spoiler Warning - Massive spoilers for the entire Sopranos series. It took me twenty years to get around to watching The Sopranos in full and I’m so glad I waited. Had I continued binging with my girlfriend at the time in 2008, who would bring the show’s DVDs home from her job at Blockbuster, most of its subtextual explorations of masculinity and themes of violent exploitation would have been lost on me. I may have come away with a base understanding of “organized crime bad, but Tony still pretty cool,” and, honestly ... he still has his moments. Now, as we sit at the threshold of an upcoming prequel film its creators promise will live up to its legacy, I wonder if that’s even possible as I reflect on how