The cat is Adriana. She was wearing cat prints when she died while crawling on all fours. She's still in love with Chrissy, and she now catches rats at Satriale's out of guilt for being one in life.
Another supernatural scene that was very brief and brushed over was the scene where, right after Tony’s mother dies, AJ hears a door creaking while alone in the house
I think there's a Kubrick influence in how it's done. No wow factor visually, just matter of fact and then let the significance play out in the viewer's head.
Also important: the Virgin Mary appears to Paulie on the pole dancing stage. A figure of innocence and motherhood on the stage of sin and strippers. Definitely some symbolism there.
She would never appear at a strip joint. It was Satan in disguise,just like the Olivia figure on the staircase. Satan was mocking her the way Sopranos Men mock women life and God.
LOL! It is a creepy scene. Good thing you were only smoking weed. If you had been on mescaline or LSD she would have come out of the TV and sat next to you!
@@soda989 it comes from the movie "Angels With Dirty Faces." James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan and the Dead End Kids. Cagney plays gangster Rocky Sullivan, who greets others with the above phrase. He runs it together and it comes out like this: "Whaddya Hear ? Whadyya Say ?" -edit, i took this from reddit
I loved the realistic use of the supernatural in the show. Many report these kinds of experiences in real life but many don't believe in anything supernatural. The show portrays them like that.
When Livia passes away. AJ is home alone in he's room. He hears noise and foot steps in the hall. Peeks out the door way and says "Grandma?" That was sad and really scary
I haven't watched the sopranos since watched it on DVD rented from Netflix YEARS ago. Decided to re-watch the whole thing, one day after I finish the series Tony Sirico (Paulie) died and it felt so eerie to me.
Pussy resembles Tony quite a lot in Paulie´s dream, especially in the posture. It almost feels likes Pussy´s head´s on top of Tony´s body. Which to me, just gives that little extra feeling of unease, exactly how a dream sequence should feel. The simbolism it´s not that difficult to crack, but you´ll probably need one or two more views to get there, and i just love that level of commitment to detail the showrunners consistently showcased throughout the whole of the series.
Vinny Pastore got even fatter since he got whacked on the show, so in the dream sequence like 5 years after his last appearance on the show he looked quite different.
Loving your seorano vids, especially since you tend to do them about all the aspects I love most. The supernatural, mystical, psychological and dreams.
I always saw Paulie turning down the captaincy as a survival thing. I think he knew the Soprano "family" was on its way out, and he didn't want to be part of "management" when their time comes. He's been through a gang war before, after all, and survived the transition. That's just my perspective, though. Love the video, and love how many interpretations this great show can have.
I tend to flatter myself in picking up on much of the symbolism in shows such as The Sopranos, in relation to my friends and family by comparison. But you make me look like a newbie simpleton, lol! Hope you will continue to provide these reviews for other programs and movies, both past and present (Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, House of the Dragon, etc) as I think you are really adept and intuitive in you ability to pick up on and zero in on the many layers and implied meanings that most of us miss! Thx
knowing how much it takes to get whacked when you are in the mob, and living in such uncertainty every day for your entire life, it's very fitting that these guys would be extremely superstitious
There's only a handful of supernatural events in the show, but it's fun that it's dealer's choice on if there's a very tangible spiritual prescience in the show.
The 3 o’clock thing so I think he gets shot by the guy coming out of the bathroom so if he’s facing forward then I guess the guy came out from 3 o’clock
3 o clock is also known as the devils hour. I used to work as a security guard at a large supermarket, me and one other guy and every time we would get the night shift 3AM was what we genuinely dreaded, i could swear that we used to hear footsteps and shit at that hour. Im a bit skeptical about ghosts but im certain the 3am thing is real.
@@boltzy_Heck man. What's up with 3AM? Been waking up around that time for over a year now. I got curious due to my beliefs and searched. Found others who suffered the same sudden waking from sleep. I always knew about the devil's hour being 3 o'clock, but this is getting odd. Especially during these times with many people of faith convinced it's that Little Season. I don't suffer nightmares and I abstain from drugs. Will wake up at 3AM from a dead cold sleep every night.
Funnily enough, the first song that comes to mind for that "Mother Mary" appearance scene for me is "Fortune Faded" by Red Hot Chilly Pepper. The beginning portion of the song is eerily similar to the guitar beats that play when Paulie faces her.
This is very well phrased, carefully constructed, and quite insightful. But I gotta say my favorite part is the way you seamlessly transition to a Jersey dialect when quoting Paulie without losing your calm and thoughtful tone of voice.
I will say I believe the tiger on the wall is probably indicated of the high-school football team in Bloomfield NJ, the Bloomfield bangels. Holstens is very much so a real place so idk I believe the wall motif connected to that. Love the rest of the analysis though!
@@wnwkrodb3b for instance cats represent many different things for many different cultures . Kind of like in ancient Egypt or different parts of Asia as well they can represent good fortune or passage to an afterlife even revered for bringing good luck it’s just something that runs deep in western culture.
I was such a believer in the Russ Fegoli being Paulie’s biological father connection but David Chase said this isn’t the case. He is not Paulie’s biological father.
One thing I never noticed until now is that Paulie's vision of The Virgin Mary slightly moves her head a bit. I always thought she was like a statue or something.
@@thetechlibrarian Good point and I agree with you in part - Chase went further - but I think it started with his wanting to represent that aspect of the culture. Actually, I think Chase went too far in that - to your point - there is really no other explanation for the psychic's statements other than he was really speaking to the other side. I think it would have been better if Chase showed the superstitious mind in action - where the psychic says something that is both ambiguous but also insightful and we see Paulie's psychology read into it - like Chase did with the cat and even Mary in the club. Ultimately though, I don't think Chase was trying to say anything deeper about the series other than exploring Paulie's character. So I dismiss the 3 o'clock stuff etc as being meaningful. But I am a firm believer that Tony did not die in the end - based on Van Zandt's revelation that he persuaded Chase not to have him die in the finale in the event Chase ever rebooted the series. If Tony was dead in Chase's mind - the reboot would not be an option...
If you refer back to the scene that Mikey visits Jackie, after he leaves Jackie calls Mikey “the grim fuckin reaper”. This relates very heavily to “3 o’clock” 🧐
why aren’t there any videos about the two inverted pentagrams?? one is in “home movies” in the kitchen. the other is when tony beats hellman over irina. on a planter. i haven’t been able to find ANYTHING about it and it’s making me feel crazy! WHY are they there???
Another episode which takes an _oblique_ look at Paulie's spiritual side is Pine Barrens. It's done subtly, but the whole episode is packed with religious/Catholic imagery. Basically the story of Paulie, Chris, & Valery works as an allegory for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Valery represents Jesus, who is "killed" by Roman soldiers, goes into the tomb (trunk of the car) only to be found "resurrected". He then vanishes into thin air seemingly impossibly (he has ascended to heaven). It sounds a bit silly on the surface, but there are many details peppered throughout the episode which tie it all together. Paulie and Chris spend the night lost in the wilderness, which represents Paulie being spiritually lost as he wanders through life without any real purpose. There's a post on the Sopranos subreddit called "Valery is Jesus" which goes through all the details.
Tony Supernatural: Remember, the guy would have panic attacks, pass out, faint and he'd get dizzy and get on medication...the dreams were really more open after this in Tony Soprano's character -- he would tell the psychiatrist about his dreams, get into his nervous energy through his mother and how she'd gnaw at his mind and discredit him which was akin to his friends discrediting him in business and all the crap he had to deal with -- same difference.... So Tony Soprano dealing with the supernatural, he was always there, which is why he was both perceptive and logical being able to see through the cracks, even when he didn't get shot. Paulie: Paulie was funny and I wish they would have went into the supernatural more with Paulie, this guy was really freaked out by the signs and situations that followed his life -- he had this blind innocence concerning his life in what really happened vs. what he did for a living, always knowing good things would happen for him in the afterlife.
Funny tidbit, that was actually Tony Sirricos favorite song, when he was a young man he got married, had kids but ended up cheating on her with a fling of a girl who also ended up dumping him He also was an actual associate in one of the families in New York Tldr it’s a reference to the actual actors past
When you mentioned religion as strict doctrine vs lip service in Catholicism, I started laughing remembering paulies "time you serve in hell" mathematics, which sounds like some gibberish some corrupt pope from the middle ages made up, and today would be found ironically still cannon because it was never really looked into and overturned.
The supernatural way works is amazing. You can't just have a drama about mafia if characters are sentient molecules. Humans are more than just animals, they can be both holy and evil.
I think it may have been a small dig at both the Paulie Character and the actor himself. Paulie is loyal, but a poor earner and he saw everyone passing him by. Even Tony really disliked Paulie by the end of the show. Paulie couldn't even hang with the original Italian mob. That should tell you something.
Paulie had the funniest extential crises we all go through this at some point in our mind laugh now cry l8r paulie had layers like an onion love and miss you paulie
I'm liking this just for the concept. Very interesting in depth exploration. Though all of it said he still was a complete sociopath, and psychopath. He's a good landscaper. Ask Christopher.
Paulie's superstitions...moreover, the Italian superstitions. The sacred and the propane. We see this in the final scene of "Cleaver", where a cornuto and a rosary is hanging from the rearview mirror. Jesus is watching your back. But if all else fails, the cornuto steps in to ward off the mallochio. We see how Tony struggles with the imagery that appears in his dreams throughout the series. His subconscious is warning him of impending doom. Christopher sees these images too, while in a coma. It's their guilt that leads them to create these prophetic warnings. (the beacon seen from Tony's hotel room window). Paulie imagines the Virgin Mary. Not the actual Virgin Mary, but a statue of a Virgin Mary as depicted by an artist/sculptor. The ones Paulie has seen his whole life, going to Sunday services. So, in effect, his subconscious created that memory at the Bing.
@6:09 see this is so weird cuz i grew up around a lot of southern baptists and they dont have an anti catholic bias unless they come from catholics themselves like the few cajun baptists i know
My grandmother who brought me up saw the Catholics as they drink and go to church on Saturday so they can get drunk and not have to go to church with a hangover! 😂
Interestingly, the medium, displays all the qualities of someone that genuinely beleieves they are a mrdium, ie. nervous dispostion, not the "Awww, I'm starting to feel it" bullshit. Also being specific not cliched. As far as the script goes, he's a real medium.
'This isn't meant to be a blanket critique of religious people' - proceeds to make a blanket statement calling most religious people hypocrites. So sick of the subtle anti-religious sentiment.
The cat is also used to show that Christopher died a rat - symbolized by the wire and headset he's wearing in the photo. By becoming a rat, Chris essentially sign's Tony's death warrant, and so, everything plays out exactly like Cleaver, where the "dead guy" kills his boss. One more thing. Walden's story about his aunt's cat reveals exactly who shoots Tony in the final scene. Tony is killed by TWO gunmen (member's only guy and the trucker guy in USA hat). The first is seated at the edge of the table counter looking out at Tony, and the second is seated all the way in the corner, at the intersection of two walls, looking in at Tony. Also worth noting that Walden picks up the cat as he exits the scene, only to hold a gun in his next scene with which he kills Phill.
I think Tony died when he was in the hospital while in his coma alternate life fantasy thing. He never recovered. That cut to black at the end is just someone finally pulling the plug.
The cat is Adriana. She was wearing cat prints when she died while crawling on all fours. She's still in love with Chrissy, and she now catches rats at Satriale's out of guilt for being one in life.
That’s so disturbing
Now there’s an image
Now there’s an image
@@aanbb48 like the mushrooms growing out my ass
Like this one, it’s gonna be my head canon.
The fact that Paulie went to whine to that priest was priceless! "You left me un-protected... you aint never gonna see another dime from me." 😂😂😂
That's the definition of protection gangsters have, you pay for protection, not providing protection to the ones who pay you is frowned upon
Another supernatural scene that was very brief and brushed over was the scene where, right after Tony’s mother dies, AJ hears a door creaking while alone in the house
"Grandma?" was AJ's first reaction too haha
Just the Soprano mini mansion, settling on the soft underbelly of NJ's wealthy upper class.
what episode is that
@@GAME7ROCK season 3, episode 2. "Proshai, Livushka"
The supernatural elements in The Sopranos are executed so well in pretty much every respect imo it's all so subtle and yet powerful just the same
I think there's a Kubrick influence in how it's done. No wow factor visually, just matter of fact and then let the significance play out in the viewer's head.
It’s like Twin Peaks only (way) more contained, which is perfect for The Sopranos’ style of storytelling
@@richardfilandererI’m pretty sure the dream episodes chase asked lynch for advice.
It shows the true genius of this show
Also important: the Virgin Mary appears to Paulie on the pole dancing stage. A figure of innocence and motherhood on the stage of sin and strippers. Definitely some symbolism there.
The sacred and the propane..
Very allegorical
Glad you caught that @MazeMe, very observant
Im reminded of Louis the whatever's finance minister, The Something...
Paulie wasn't a pragmatist. Not like others in the mafia.
I was watching the Virgin Mary episode stoned at like 2am alone lol that scene had me shook
Me too. Jumped out my skin
It was freaky and so unexpected
Lmao, I was vaping thc for hours alone at my house on a mountain and started to look around for strange things 😂after watching that episode.
She would never appear at a strip joint.
It was Satan in disguise,just like the Olivia figure on the staircase. Satan was mocking her the way Sopranos Men mock women life and God.
LOL! It is a creepy scene. Good thing you were only smoking weed. If you had been on mescaline or LSD she would have come out of the TV and sat next to you!
@@rafa_v1.0 mate, that would be wild lol 😂
Whaddya hear, whaddya say!
My favorite line
I always thought he sounded like vito there
is there a cultural reference for this line?
is it from a tv show or movie?
@@soda989 it comes from the movie "Angels With Dirty Faces."
James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan and the Dead End Kids.
Cagney plays gangster Rocky Sullivan, who greets others with the above phrase. He runs it together and it comes out like this:
"Whaddya Hear ? Whadyya Say ?"
-edit, i took this from reddit
He he he he
I loved the realistic use of the supernatural in the show. Many report these kinds of experiences in real life but many don't believe in anything supernatural. The show portrays them like that.
You’ve been warned Renagede, the money goes up to Borko!
next time, they'll be no next time
Borko cares about our feelings
Look Joey. Made it all the way to the Rs
HOW ABOUT THIS HUMDITY?!
where’s the gabagool ???
You have the best sopranos analysis ive ever watched.
When Livia passes away. AJ is home alone in he's room. He hears noise and foot steps in the hall. Peeks out the door way and says "Grandma?" That was sad and really scary
I haven't watched the sopranos since watched it on DVD rented from Netflix YEARS ago. Decided to re-watch the whole thing, one day after I finish the series Tony Sirico (Paulie) died and it felt so eerie to me.
Danggg I remember the Netflix dvd era , they had literally everything on it back then !
Used to burn all the dvds. thanks Netflix, rest in piss now
You killed him. Stop watching things.
@@youdontknowmegignaWhack this one, whack that one, never enough body count for devilishlybenevolent!
@@youdontknowmegigna 😂😂😂
I wish his mum got more love and recognition than the one scene after Paulie gets over himself 😥
Paulies superstitions kept him alive the whole show lol
He's paranoid and rightfully so
@@CJVS995 Some say he even lived by the skin of his nuts during the 70's when the Colombos were going at it.
The mind-destroying horror of being superstitious
Tales from the trip in the wild, cool
He did, remember his talk with Tony on the boat, Tony was at Paulie's three o' clock
Pussy resembles Tony quite a lot in Paulie´s dream, especially in the posture.
It almost feels likes Pussy´s head´s on top of Tony´s body.
Which to me, just gives that little extra feeling of unease, exactly how a dream sequence should feel.
The simbolism it´s not that difficult to crack, but you´ll probably need one or two more views to get there, and i just love that level of commitment to detail the showrunners consistently showcased throughout the whole of the series.
Vinny Pastore got even fatter since he got whacked on the show, so in the dream sequence like 5 years after his last appearance on the show he looked quite different.
LOVE THE CONTENT MAN KEEP THE SOPRANOS STUFF COMING !!
I was about to say the same thing man doing the lords work. Everything's hunky dory
I was actually going to look for a video like this about Paulie and was so surprised when I seen it on your channel just now. Great videos from you!
Paulie’s ghosts, whatever happened there
Loving your seorano vids, especially since you tend to do them about all the aspects I love most. The supernatural, mystical, psychological and dreams.
I always saw Paulie turning down the captaincy as a survival thing. I think he knew the Soprano "family" was on its way out, and he didn't want to be part of "management" when their time comes. He's been through a gang war before, after all, and survived the transition. That's just my perspective, though.
Love the video, and love how many interpretations this great show can have.
this channel is becoming my favorite one. great analysis. very allegorical, my friend
Idk man superstition is kind of spooky. Black magic. Sick shit!
I get that reference.
Paulie threw a chair
FUCKIN QUEERS! Yeets chair
I love the music/ambience you choose for this video
I tend to flatter myself in picking up on much of the symbolism in shows such as The Sopranos, in relation to my friends and family by comparison. But you make me look like a newbie simpleton, lol! Hope you will continue to provide these reviews for other programs and movies, both past and present (Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, House of the Dragon, etc) as I think you are really adept and intuitive in you ability to pick up on and zero in on the many layers and implied meanings that most of us miss! Thx
RIP Tony Sirrico
:(
2:05 I misheard erraticism as eroticism
he def pronounced it eroticism
@@tetsuya2koIt can be pronounced in that manner as well.
@@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN in what accent? "erratic" vs "erotic" is an important distinction, lest your thesis take a sudden Freudian turn.
knowing how much it takes to get whacked when you are in the mob, and living in such uncertainty every day for your entire life, it's very fitting that these guys would be extremely superstitious
>>knowing how LITTLE it takes to get whacked when you are in the mob
There's only a handful of supernatural events in the show, but it's fun that it's dealer's choice on if there's a very tangible spiritual prescience in the show.
The more you live the more you encounter supernatural occurrences, you kinda learn to ignore them or look more into them.
The spirit put him on hold
The 3 o’clock thing so I think he gets shot by the guy coming out of the bathroom so if he’s facing forward then I guess the guy came out from 3 o’clock
3 o clock is also known as the devils hour.
I used to work as a security guard at a large supermarket, me and one other guy and every time we would get the night shift 3AM was what we genuinely dreaded, i could swear that we used to hear footsteps and shit at that hour.
Im a bit skeptical about ghosts but im certain the 3am thing is real.
@@boltzy_Heck man. What's up with 3AM? Been waking up around that time for over a year now. I got curious due to my beliefs and searched. Found others who suffered the same sudden waking from sleep. I always knew about the devil's hour being 3 o'clock, but this is getting odd. Especially during these times with many people of faith convinced it's that Little Season.
I don't suffer nightmares and I abstain from drugs. Will wake up at 3AM from a dead cold sleep every night.
I love your content, especially the Sopranos stuff. Very well analyzed!
12:06 I think you mean he told Tony, but regardless, great video!
20 years telling paulie not a peep
Funnily enough, the first song that comes to mind for that "Mother Mary" appearance scene for me is "Fortune Faded" by Red Hot Chilly Pepper.
The beginning portion of the song is eerily similar to the guitar beats that play when Paulie faces her.
Never understood the mad love for Paulie. Knowing what we know now, Syl is the true GOAT that deserves all our love.
Paulie is his own man, Silvio a soldier
@@whosmikey9941Silvio>Paulie
That was a great analysis! Perfect! TNX.
With the way Paulie earned, it's not the like the church was going to miss that $2.23 cent donation anyway.
I just smashed the show out this week and I picked up so much of Paulis hand gestures lol
Michael Imperioli (Christophuh) wrote the medium episode.
So, he was a good writer afterall.
I have to right to defend myself T!😂😂😂 rip Pauline
This is very well phrased, carefully constructed, and quite insightful.
But I gotta say my favorite part is the way you seamlessly transition to a Jersey dialect when quoting Paulie without losing your calm and thoughtful tone of voice.
I will say I believe the tiger on the wall is probably indicated of the high-school football team in Bloomfield NJ, the Bloomfield bangels. Holstens is very much so a real place so idk I believe the wall motif connected to that. Love the rest of the analysis though!
In ancient Roman culture they, the cats are represented as a rat or pest killer it was foreshadowing of the removal of pests and rats.
Are they not represented as the same in our present culture?
@@wnwkrodb3b for instance cats represent many different things for many different cultures . Kind of like in ancient Egypt or different parts of Asia as well they can represent good fortune or passage to an afterlife even revered for bringing good luck it’s just something that runs deep in western culture.
The Virgin Mary prays always for sinners at all times forever and ever.
A ton of Magical Realism in this show.
He had good taste in art, I'll give him that.
I was such a believer in the Russ Fegoli being Paulie’s biological father connection but David Chase said this isn’t the case. He is not Paulie’s biological father.
One thing I never noticed until now is that Paulie's vision of The Virgin Mary slightly moves her head a bit. I always thought she was like a statue or something.
8:50...Russ Fegoli, aka Bruce Kirby, aka Bruno Kirby's dad.
Bruno played young Clemenza in GFII - discuss.
Man this guy's one hell of a writer.
I also think Chase was simply trying to represent the very real superstitious nature common among actual Italians and recent Italian immigrants.
Maybe but it was deeper than that because it was shown the physic was real
@@thetechlibrarian Good point and I agree with you in part - Chase went further - but I think it started with his wanting to represent that aspect of the culture. Actually, I think Chase went too far in that - to your point - there is really no other explanation for the psychic's statements other than he was really speaking to the other side. I think it would have been better if Chase showed the superstitious mind in action - where the psychic says something that is both ambiguous but also insightful and we see Paulie's psychology read into it - like Chase did with the cat and even Mary in the club. Ultimately though, I don't think Chase was trying to say anything deeper about the series other than exploring Paulie's character. So I dismiss the 3 o'clock stuff etc as being meaningful. But I am a firm believer that Tony did not die in the end - based on Van Zandt's revelation that he persuaded Chase not to have him die in the finale in the event Chase ever rebooted the series. If Tony was dead in Chase's mind - the reboot would not be an option...
The Virgin Mary comparison to Peter Paul’s real mother is brilliant.
@@joeyg2860 I think she compares a lot more to Nucci. Nucci was a Saint.
@@Marcus007I think he dies they just made a prequel and I think if anything more prequels might get made but I really think he died.
Is the scene with Tony and Paulie on the boat in front of a green screen?
Asking for a friend of ours
If you refer back to the scene that Mikey visits Jackie, after he leaves Jackie calls Mikey “the grim fuckin reaper”.
This relates very heavily to “3 o’clock” 🧐
Great vid thank you
why aren’t there any videos about the two inverted pentagrams?? one is in “home movies” in the kitchen. the other is when tony beats hellman over irina. on a planter. i haven’t been able to find ANYTHING about it and it’s making me feel crazy! WHY are they there???
Gotta say when i saw the virgin mary scene for the first time it scared the shit outta me
Tiger. A jersey with 38 on it. Revolver to the head from his 3’o’clock
Another episode which takes an _oblique_ look at Paulie's spiritual side is Pine Barrens. It's done subtly, but the whole episode is packed with religious/Catholic imagery. Basically the story of Paulie, Chris, & Valery works as an allegory for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Valery represents Jesus, who is "killed" by Roman soldiers, goes into the tomb (trunk of the car) only to be found "resurrected". He then vanishes into thin air seemingly impossibly (he has ascended to heaven). It sounds a bit silly on the surface, but there are many details peppered throughout the episode which tie it all together. Paulie and Chris spend the night lost in the wilderness, which represents Paulie being spiritually lost as he wanders through life without any real purpose. There's a post on the Sopranos subreddit called "Valery is Jesus" which goes through all the details.
Priest: what are your sins my son?
Paulie: now don't get cvnty!
Tony Supernatural: Remember, the guy would have panic attacks, pass out, faint and he'd get dizzy and get on medication...the dreams were really more open after this in Tony Soprano's character -- he would tell the psychiatrist about his dreams, get into his nervous energy through his mother and how she'd gnaw at his mind and discredit him which was akin to his friends discrediting him in business and all the crap he had to deal with -- same difference.... So Tony Soprano dealing with the supernatural, he was always there, which is why he was both perceptive and logical being able to see through the cracks, even when he didn't get shot.
Paulie: Paulie was funny and I wish they would have went into the supernatural more with Paulie, this guy was really freaked out by the signs and situations that followed his life -- he had this blind innocence concerning his life in what really happened vs. what he did for a living, always knowing good things would happen for him in the afterlife.
Note how Paulie threw the chair at his 3 o’clock 3:18
wow bro literally see shit abt this show so much
How the fuck is this his song?
Funny tidbit, that was actually Tony Sirricos favorite song, when he was a young man he got married, had kids but ended up cheating on her with a fling of a girl who also ended up dumping him
He also was an actual associate in one of the families in New York
Tldr it’s a reference to the actual actors past
When you mentioned religion as strict doctrine vs lip service in Catholicism, I started laughing remembering paulies "time you serve in hell" mathematics, which sounds like some gibberish some corrupt pope from the middle ages made up, and today would be found ironically still cannon because it was never really looked into and overturned.
Paulie carried the show
The supernatural way works is amazing. You can't just have a drama about mafia if characters are sentient molecules. Humans are more than just animals, they can be both holy and evil.
Was David chase that Italian that mugged off Paulie in Italy?
Looks like him.
Yes, it's him
I think it may have been a small dig at both the Paulie Character and the actor himself. Paulie is loyal, but a poor earner and he saw everyone passing him by. Even Tony really disliked Paulie by the end of the show. Paulie couldn't even hang with the original Italian mob. That should tell you something.
Paulie had the funniest extential crises we all go through this at some point in our mind laugh now cry l8r paulie had layers like an onion love and miss you paulie
I'm liking this just for the concept. Very interesting in depth exploration. Though all of it said he still was a complete sociopath, and psychopath. He's a good landscaper. Ask Christopher.
Back in my day!!
I never thought about the whole Russ thing, possibly Paulies dad, imagine that!
"--Paulie's Arc In The Sopranos"
Paulie's superstitions...moreover, the Italian superstitions. The sacred and the propane.
We see this in the final scene of "Cleaver", where a cornuto and a rosary is hanging from the rearview mirror.
Jesus is watching your back. But if all else fails, the cornuto steps in to ward off the mallochio.
We see how Tony struggles with the imagery that appears in his dreams throughout the series. His subconscious is warning him of impending doom.
Christopher sees these images too, while in a coma. It's their guilt that leads them to create these prophetic warnings. (the beacon seen from Tony's hotel room window). Paulie imagines the Virgin Mary. Not the actual Virgin Mary, but a statue of a Virgin Mary as depicted by an artist/sculptor.
The ones Paulie has seen his whole life, going to Sunday services. So, in effect, his subconscious created that memory at the Bing.
Tree o’clock.
@6:09 see this is so weird cuz i grew up around a lot of southern baptists and they dont have an anti catholic bias unless they come from catholics themselves like the few cajun baptists i know
My grandmother who brought me up saw the Catholics as they drink and go to church on Saturday so they can get drunk and not have to go to church with a hangover! 😂
What kind of meat did Dr. Russ Fegoli eat on Fridays during lent?
Nun.
Holy shit the Russ thing never put that together
12:05 tony?
I think that girl Paulie was with for some reason gave the Medium some information about Paulie
Paulie's approach to religion is exactly what most ancient people believed. 1 for 1.
Interestingly, the medium, displays all the qualities of someone that genuinely beleieves they are a mrdium, ie. nervous dispostion, not the "Awww, I'm starting to feel it" bullshit. Also being specific not cliched. As far as the script goes, he's a real medium.
'This isn't meant to be a blanket critique of religious people' - proceeds to make a blanket statement calling most religious people hypocrites.
So sick of the subtle anti-religious sentiment.
Walt fuckin' Whitman ova' here.
12:08 was that a mistake?
The cat smells the rat who is behind the hit to Tony under the pitch black finale.
Have we officially upgraded Russ Fagoli to "probably"?
Presumably only telling Tony* about it.. 12:08
The cat is also used to show that Christopher died a rat - symbolized by the wire and headset he's wearing in the photo. By becoming a rat, Chris essentially sign's Tony's death warrant, and so, everything plays out exactly like Cleaver, where the "dead guy" kills his boss. One more thing. Walden's story about his aunt's cat reveals exactly who shoots Tony in the final scene. Tony is killed by TWO gunmen (member's only guy and the trucker guy in USA hat). The first is seated at the edge of the table counter looking out at Tony, and the second is seated all the way in the corner, at the intersection of two walls, looking in at Tony. Also worth noting that Walden picks up the cat as he exits the scene, only to hold a gun in his next scene with which he kills Phill.
I think Tony died when he was in the hospital while in his coma alternate life fantasy thing. He never recovered. That cut to black at the end is just someone finally pulling the plug.
awful idea
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That means Phil never died...
@@Aurora-bv1ys No. He kept on telling stories about 20 years în the can
@@Aurora-bv1ysGood! what would Iran do without a shaw?
Hell is hot, not cold.
Hey renegade, did you hear what I said?
I said hell is hot, not cold,
Heh heh heh heh.
REAL, REAL, REAL, REAL💯💯💯.🙏🏽🩸
6:20 i get it but drinking is ok, ots getting drunk thats evil. Which is why the Southern protestants in the US lost the civil war
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Not BRANDON Filone , BRENDAN Filone !
Go on then. Lol. Paulie is just very superstitious.
When pauly made the appointment call he sound like a mob guy, psychic dude read recent news on mobsters deaths and threw out names just my take on it
Doesn't explain the poison ivy bit
This is some satanic shit
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FAWKIN QWEEYUHS
What the fuck u two talkin about?
Lmao sopranos is about as surface go no where as a show can get