Posted
3:54 PM
by Gene
Pat yourself on the back, TOM:The intense [pat]
, richly detailed [pat]
and shockingly violent vision [pat-pat]
of one man, the show's continuing story of mob conflict in New Jersey achieved a STATUS [pat-pat]
usually reserved for literary [
PAT-PAT]
, cinematic or theatrical MILESTONES [pat-pat-pat]
-- a "Death of a Salesman" [pat-pat-pat-pat]
, "Streetcar Named Desire" [pat-pat-pat-pat-pat]
or "The Godfather" [Oh, well, there's no accounting for tastes]
.
"Sopranos" seems already to have secured the SEMINAL STATUS
[pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat]
of CULTURAL LANDMARK [pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat]
....An HBO spokesman says research shows that the audience for "Sopranos" includes "the INTELLIGENNNNNNNNNNTSIAAAAAAAAAAA" [pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat]
.... [Overemphasis and back pats added]
Doesn't it hurt a little?
TRANSLATION: Five years down the line: "
The Sopranos: Was It Ever Really
That Good?"