i'd be curious if he had another plan in mind for livia that was altered due to nancy marchand's passing.
― nomar, Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link
that theme recedes somewhat in the post-Marchand seasons but it's always there. and dealt with pretty explicitly imo
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link
the plot arc that was planned for season 3 was for Livia to testify against Tony on racketeering charges related to the airline/bus tickets iirc
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link
(that all went out the window, obviously)
also i really find Steve Van Zandt's always-screwed-up-face caricature as Silvio distracting. He's almost always in sketch comedy realm even compared to the other frequently funny goombahs.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link
DC says on one of the DVDs that when he thought he was going to have to make Sopranos as a single movie, it was all about the capo and whether his mom would betray him.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
it's a bit of a caricature but also i think SVZ looks like that irl a lot of the time.
― nomar, Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
Silvio's probably the most one-dimensional of Tony's inner crew, apart from some stuff that happens later ("University" for ex.) that I won't go into for Morbz sake
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
that being said, he never really gets as fully fleshed out as Paulie or Bobby or Junior or Hesh. there's no "day in the life of silvio dante" episodes.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 3 December 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
I'm on the fourth season; my favourites thus far have been Bobby, Junior, Hersh, and Johnny. Richie's been the scariest--and until I looked at the list above, I never realized he was Tony from Mean Streets.
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 August 2016 04:06 (seven years ago) link