Dearest, beloved, Fandom Wank.

I know you were looking forward to great excitement today. Some of you said words to me that indicated you anticipated fiery 'judgement' upon those who remained fresh and dewey white, those you call n00bs.

Anyway, you got today instead.

Stop anticipating things, we'll just break your hearts.

Sincerely,

Sepia P. Magpie, Esq.



PS: Use this post to reflect on how you could be better people. Or just fuck around in the comments.

(Please note: the author of this article is well within his rights to not enjoy "The Sopranos" and not want to watch it. However, I still think this article is incredibly, incredibly wanky.)

Steve Antonuccio wants us to know that any American of Italian descent making money off a novel, movie, or TV show about the Mafia is a RACE TRAITOR!!! and are defaming their heritage! Also, how the "Sopranos" has irrevocably riven the Italian-American community!

The Legacy of the Mafia Minstel Show
by
Steve Antonuccio

Which, of course, was not inspired in any way, shape, or form by the fact that there actually is/was an Italian Mafia.

...My daughter comes homes from school, about the same time The Sopranos was released on HBO, complaining that some kids at school were teasing her and calling her "Mafia Girl."

As if hateful bullying or teasing someone because they're different is anything new.

   I wish I could say that things have gotten better for Italian Americans and how they are portrayed in popular television and film in the last 70 years, but unfortunately I think it has actually gotten worse.  What I call the Mafia Minstrel Show, actors in olive skin face playing mobster for the benefit of those people who lust for violence and racism, is now as insidious as lice.

"Olive skin face"? Now I'm imagining the entire cast of "The Sopranos" as being black actors who're made up to look Italian, ala "White Girls"...

Let's see...

Most of the "Sopranos" cast... TOTALLY NOT ITALIAN! They just play them on the TV show!

Several notable cast members in "The Godfather" films, among them Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Francis Ford Coppola's various and sundry family members... TOTALLY NOT ITALIAN! (Actually, De Niro is 3/4 Irish, 1/4 Italian, so he is MOSTLY NOT ITALIAN!)

Chazz Palminteri, who wrote and starred in "A Bronx Tale" AS A MOBSTER... TOTALLY NOT ITALIAN!

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