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The Sopranos Sychronicities

 
 
Rex City-zen
18:21 / 05.10.01
Have you ever noticed on the Sopranos that when Tony decides to make a move,it seems to be taken care of for him by some unseen force?
i.e.- Janice kills Ritchie at the same time Tony decides to have him whacked....Gigi dies on a toilet as Tony decides to promote Ralphie and demote Gigi?...His dreams reveal the traitor and his impending death?...

There are tons more, but I want to har what you think?
Anyone?
 
 
Ganesh
22:10 / 05.10.01
Doesn't that just reflect Tony's generally reactive attitude? I mean, he tends to sit on problems and adopt a 'wait and see' policy - so it's not unlikely that his problems might sort themselves out, given time.

Maybe.
 
 
Our Lady of The Two Towers
22:10 / 05.10.01
The dream thing (presuming you're talking about Pussy) didn't actually SOLVE Tony's problem, more that it alerted him to one he wasn't consciously aware of, he then had to deal with it.
 
 
Ganesh
22:10 / 05.10.01
Yeah, the dream brought into consciousness what Tony already 'knew' on an unconscious level - that Pussy was a traitor. One of the reasons I love 'The Sopranos' is its use of psychoanalytical concepts in a generally intelligent and psychologically accurate way.
 
 
Mystery Gypt
09:21 / 07.10.01
that the problems are solved in unexpected ways makes for great storytelling. we expected richie to get killed, but it was a total surprise that his sister did it. and then this leads to more problems, such as people assuming tony did it -- when he is innocent.

these synchonicities as you call them tie into the psychological aspect as well. he solves problems in dreams by understanding what his ucs tells him on the one hand. on the otherhand, perhaps his ucs desires affect those around him -- his will is so powerful, for example, that his need to kill richie ripples out and moves his sister to do it. that sort of thing.
 
  
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