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Ann Althouse has a good discussion going on over at her place<\/a> on Rudy Giuliani advising Italian-Americans (I\u2019m married to one, so I can have an opinion) getting offended by the stereotypical depictions on The Sopranos.<\/p>\n

Rudy says, \u201cyou can\u2019t spend your whole life looking to be insulted,\u201d or thereabouts.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s right. Also, any NY\/NJ Italian family will tell you that if they don\u2019t have such characters in their own family, they KNOW of so-and-so and his uncle is exactly like Silvio, and his aunt even purses her lips like Carmella, etc.<\/p>\n

Hey, I know people \u2019round Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach who would be proud to claim Christopher as one of their own! :-) Oh, excuse me: \u201cChristafah!\u201d<\/p>\n

Commenters at Althouse are offering up their own ideas. One smart suggestion is that the series will end at Meadow\u2019s wedding, with Tony receiving guests, ala The Godfather, which is clever. But this is opera. In Opera, Tony Soprano must die.<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be great to see an opera made of this show? Tony and his shrink and their flirtatious duets, Tony and Carmella screaming at each other? Carmella and Furio\u2019s passionate, dolce sotto voce<\/em> asides. Adriana as a faux \u2013 operatic \u2013 Miss Adelaide and Christopher and Paulie Walnuts in loud pinstripe suits? All of the men at the BadaBing singing en corps<\/em>? Bada Bing! Bada Boom! Where da bad-asses loom, and da T-an\u2019-A fly allll dayyyyyyy<\/em><\/p>\n

By the way, all of that aside, I\u2019d vote to put Rudy Giuliani in the White House in a heartbeat. My olive-skinned husband suspects he\u2019ll have problems with Middle America, though. He once went on a business trip to Tennessee and was asked by a woman if he was \u201cEye-talian\u201d?<\/p>\n

This is why I think Cheney should retire and get Rudy into the veep\u2019s office. Get America used to an Eye-talian playing in that sphere \u2013 get them comfortable.<\/p>\n

WELCOME AKP readers<\/a>! Please look around while you\u2019re here. We\u2019ve continued this discussion up above<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"