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>of sorts. > >not a new thing of course. I'm in a FB group for the Sopranos, >and literally half the group doesn't understand that Tony's >racism towards Noah (Meadow's bi-racial boyfriend) was >supposed to be a shitty reflection of Tony. Since Noah was a >bit of a douche, it doesn't seem like people can grasp that >both things can be true.... so without fail, you see a lot of >"haha buckwheat, charcoal biquette" comments when he comes >up. > >a few weeks back, a few posters started pumping up Noah, >posting a bunch of stuff like what a bad ass, (he stood up to >Tony, deflowered and dumped his daughter.. legend!) It was >mostly just a means of trolling the racists in the group, and >it worked because some were noticeably getting upset.. "enough >aleady!" (insert the word 'woke' anywhere), announcing like a >little kid that they're leaving the group. it was pretty >funny. > >circling it back to this it seems they wanted to be more >deliberate in the yes, this is Trump, you idiots, and not in a >good way, type of thing. it doesn't necessarily change my own >feelings about it since i don't really care what some reddit >bro thinks of the show, but it's interesting.
That all begs the question how responsible the show runners and actors are for how the audience wants to interpret the show. Somewhat odd that a comic book show makes it possible to have this discussion. I suppose that shows how odd reality is in this country.
I am somewhat curious how Antony Starr is viewing this since he isn't American. That article describing him as 'Human Ken doll' was such a wild dis to how well he's playing the character since he could easily go overboard given how heightened extremes are on this show. "Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
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