How Tony Soprano's Psychedelic Experience Unlocks His True Character (I Get It)

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  • čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
  • One of the biggest reasons why I feel The Sopranos is the best tv shows of all time is its unusual psychological and symbolic depth, along with its many unsolved mysteries. One such mystery of the The Sopranos that always confounded me and others comes at the end of the episode, Kennedy and Heidi: Tony Soprano's "I get it" moment.
    This video is my attempt to answer the question of what exactly it is that Tony Soprano gets. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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    Music used in this video:
    1) Broken Roller Coaster - Blackout Memories
    2) Carbonate - Michael Keeps
    3) Painted Memories - Franz Gordon
    4) Solace In Harsh Times - Franz Gordon
    5) Raincoat Waltz - Franz Gordon
    6) The Tired Summer - Franz Gordon
    7) Twisted Cigars - Bozooka
    8) Rooftop Serenade - Banaras Baba & Kolkata Kid
    chapters:
    1) Intro - 0:00
    2) Psychedelic Context - 0:57
    3) Set & Setting - 3:04
    4) Father's Ghost - 5:49
    5) In Camelot - 7:20
    6) The Test Dream - 9:04
    7) The Meat Cleaver - 11:49
    8) Remember When - 14:46
    9) Revelations - 18:02
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  • @mmcneil777
    @mmcneil777 Před 2 měsíci +257

    This analysis explains a lot of season 6. It took a mysterious shift the last season. Before Tony was still treading water emotionally, so long as he was focused on his Mom, but went off the edge when he started to deal with reality of his father.

  • @wuffymcwuff
    @wuffymcwuff Před 2 měsíci +184

    5:30 I think the main reason tony killed Chrissy was the same reason Livia tried to have tony killed. In the first episode of season 6B, Janice mentions that she learned in therapy that her mother started to resent her kids once they started to express opinions of their own and drift away from her. A few episodes later, Tony talks to Dr. Melfi about how close he and Chrissy were when Chrissy was a little kid, and is angry about the fact that Chrissy now hates him rather than being that happy little kid that looked up to him. The parallels between what Janice says about Livia, and how tony talks about Chrissy shortly after really stood out to me on a recent rewatch.

    • @damianson56
      @damianson56 Před měsícem +42

      The song they listen to also states just before the crash "The child is grown the dream is gone"

    • @crabluva
      @crabluva Před měsícem +14

      Tony kills Christopher because he's unreliable. Chris is a drug addict and he can't hold his liquor. He exposed Tony to a rat. Tony is a violent sociopath and has no problem killing anyone to further himself.

    • @Luke.-cv9uv
      @Luke.-cv9uv Před měsícem +18

      ​@@crabluvathat too, layers

    • @henshin5369
      @henshin5369 Před měsícem +1

      and now just remember the ducks

    • @RichieD_21
      @RichieD_21 Před měsícem +12

      ​@crabluva the reason Tony killed Chris is because he became more of a burden than a benefit to him. It shows that their entire relationship was a facade and Tony only pretended to love him so long as he was beneficial to him. Once chris start going downhill and stopped putting money in his pocket, and started causing problems, he was taken out at the first opportunity. When Chris was at rock bottom and needed him the most Tony flushed him like a turd. There was never any love there and shows how the mob always spoke about the family but in reality it wasn't a family at all.

  • @kaneslives
    @kaneslives Před 2 měsíci +438

    Tony: I GET IT!
    The Courier: Who the hell is that?

    • @alexander63736
      @alexander63736 Před 2 měsíci +8

      bro

    • @greensimpson3209
      @greensimpson3209 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Bro

    • @gaulicwarlord
      @gaulicwarlord Před 2 měsíci +46

      “I won the motherfucking lottery!”
      “Are you in the mafia?”
      “Mafia? Yeah I guess, but mafia is small time now.”

    • @Selfloathingmisanthrope
      @Selfloathingmisanthrope Před 2 měsíci +34

      The cult following of that game never ceases to amaze me.

    • @connorbecker4815
      @connorbecker4815 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@Selfloathingmisanthrope you and me both but i love that game

  • @CaptainJimmybrown99
    @CaptainJimmybrown99 Před 2 měsíci +185

    I think the understanding he comes to are that there are no consequences for his actions and he’s gonna embrace his evil side

    • @BrianMusic12
      @BrianMusic12 Před 2 měsíci +46

      That was my take away too. He gets it, hes a gangster, always will be, and might as well just be the best gangster he can be.

    • @northwestpsychfest7329
      @northwestpsychfest7329 Před 2 měsíci +31

      @@BrianMusic12 until, of course, he loses everything

    • @TehUltimateSnake
      @TehUltimateSnake Před 2 měsíci +8

      You don't wanna thsee hith darker thide sthal.

    • @davidortega3393
      @davidortega3393 Před 2 měsíci +37

      Yeah, that was my interpretation too. I think the revelation was tied to his gambling wins. He commits an unforgivable act against his nephew and the universe rewards him by turning his luck in gambling. There is no karmic retribution, and Tony realizes that the universe is just chaos and nothing he does means anything.

    • @dumbage
      @dumbage Před 2 měsíci

      yep he kills chrissy and bangs his ex and then wins big he thinks the world dosent care and he can do whatever cause that’s who he is a monster. but life always catches up ;)

  • @owendunn8676
    @owendunn8676 Před 2 měsíci +944

    Hate the AI thumbnail

    • @arborsamurai
      @arborsamurai Před 2 měsíci +60

      You’re trippin

    • @ACACAC771
      @ACACAC771 Před 2 měsíci +95

      Looks like it’s related to Better Call Saul.

    • @2Livvid
      @2Livvid Před 2 měsíci +22

      ​@@arborsamuraifr I like it

    • @PlayNiceFolks
      @PlayNiceFolks Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@ACACAC771
      Yep!

    • @PlayNiceFolks
      @PlayNiceFolks Před 2 měsíci +9

      I didn't like it much until I figured out that it's AI generated

  • @maniac50ae14
    @maniac50ae14 Před 2 měsíci +77

    Something else to add to this is that, Chris through his sobriety and therapy was able to acknowledge who his father was and confronts Tony about it when he's grilling. I think this too adds to tonys anger towards chris on a subliminal level. Chris has the honesty to fault his dad whereas tony doesnt

    • @MSimp2k6
      @MSimp2k6 Před měsícem +12

      Absolutely. Tony also resents the fact that Chris commits to and has success with abstention-based recovery (at least for a few prolonged periods).
      Tony forced Chris in the programme and then constantly undermined him about it, ostensibly because he isn't around enough, but mostly because Tony didn't commit to his own therapy and saw no results, so when Chris and Janice actually *did* have results, he dragged them down.

    • @vtapvtap3925
      @vtapvtap3925 Před měsícem +1

      Easy: he was warned . Tony kills him with no remorse. There was no other option

    • @maniac50ae14
      @maniac50ae14 Před měsícem +1

      @@vtapvtap3925 lol, what are you trying to say

    • @warlockCommitteeMeeting
      @warlockCommitteeMeeting Před 17 dny

      @@MSimp2k6 Yes well said I agree.

  • @sammeyers6157
    @sammeyers6157 Před 2 měsíci +266

    This was brilliant. This is why the Sopranos is the best show ever written. So many interpretations of what everything means and any number of them could be correct there will never be a show this great again

    • @Dylandontplay
      @Dylandontplay Před 2 měsíci +7

      I’ve watched the season 4 times and I still can watch it again. BEST SHOW EVER MADE!

    • @portugal5698
      @portugal5698 Před 2 měsíci +11

      My thoughts exactly!!! I beat myself up every time I think back to when I was in middle school, walking home w/ my friends, and scenes would be filmed in front of us *on multiple occasions!* Walked past the “Tony and Ralph” convo outside Lodi Pizza, off Rt 46, along w/ the Feech Lamanna scene, where he got set-up by Chris and Benny. At the time, I “knew of” the show, but never watched it or paid it any mind until maybe a decade or so after!! Even did a book report on James Gandolfini!

    • @Dylandontplay
      @Dylandontplay Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@portugal5698 that’s crazy!! If you took pictures you probably could have sold those for a decent amount!!

    • @theramplocal
      @theramplocal Před 2 měsíci

      F^#$%

    • @thegreenbaron6439
      @thegreenbaron6439 Před 2 měsíci +3

      I wouldn’t call it “the” best written show but it’s up there. But this show does have its flaws: AJ. He is the worst character played by an actually whinny crybaby. I literally have to fast forward over his parts cause he sucks

  • @natedogg890
    @natedogg890 Před 2 měsíci +169

    I experienced ego death when I took acid at 20. I forgot who I was, forgot all language and experience, and was just floating in an ether feeling raw emotion without any way to process it. It was scary, but also very profound and liberating to be set free from who you are and what ties you to this realm, it was probably only a few minutes but it felt like an eternity and really did change my life

    • @Jakeyisdead
      @Jakeyisdead Před 2 měsíci +6

      May I ask what you took? I really need an experience like that if im honest.

    • @natedogg890
      @natedogg890 Před 2 měsíci +28

      It was just some acid a buddy picked up, the first and only time we all did it. It was 15 years ago and we were just some dumb university kids who loved to party. If you are struggling with mental health or depression, idk if psychedelics are a solution. My cousin is a combat veteran though, and he said they helped him get over his PTSD, but I'm not qualified to really speak on it, sorry

    • @AiVaultGuy
      @AiVaultGuy Před 2 měsíci

      its a drug fucking with your mind, that's it. Stop the fucking drug philosofy crap.

    • @coreyhall1150
      @coreyhall1150 Před 2 měsíci

      He SAID acid...... Reading comprehension dude. Smh damn it man has Americans gotten THIS DUMBED DOWN? What happened?​@@Jakeyisdead

    • @DudeAbides18
      @DudeAbides18 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Jakeyisdead You should try psilocybin mushrooms. 4, 5 grams at least. You will experience ego melting, you will completely lose your identity and realise that it was all a construct, your whole life experience, everything you ever saw, heard, smelled, felt, shaped you but once outside of this You heal and get wider perspective. Mushrooms are safe. LsD on large quantities for the first time might leave you with psychosis or something like that, but with psilocybin shrooms you are safe. The only thing that can happen that during the trip you will have to cope with your traumas and repressed emotions but once you do(and mushrooms will make you) you will realise it was silly, just a little dust on you, you will love it and be reborn from it, let it all go.
      Important! : take at least 4 grams. Anything less, you will not get the full experience and the best parts!

  • @BubblegumCrash332
    @BubblegumCrash332 Před 2 měsíci +103

    For a normal person a peyote trip might change you in a positive way but Tony being a sociopath he just used his insight to justify all his wrong doings

    • @PoshingtonSpark
      @PoshingtonSpark Před 2 měsíci +12

      If Tony was a moral/political nihilist then he wouldn’t nearly face so many internal conflicts and psychedelics wouldn’t have a profound impact on

    • @johnclay2716
      @johnclay2716 Před měsícem +5

      He's not a sociopath though

    • @phantom.wreath
      @phantom.wreath Před měsícem +6

      @@johnclay2716 he literally kills his nephew. Tony is a textbook sociopath. He only had sympathy for animals.

    • @momoneyho666
      @momoneyho666 Před 29 dny +5

      @@phantom.wreath Tony demonstrates way too many authentic, non sociopathic traits throughout the series for me to think he's a true sociopath. Its not such a black and white thing. The scary truth is people can commit horrible acts without the excuse of being a sociopath

    • @phantom.wreath
      @phantom.wreath Před 28 dny

      @@momoneyho666 he literally kills his nephew

  • @AnAbsurdExistence
    @AnAbsurdExistence Před 2 měsíci +29

    This video will probably remain the best Sopranos analysis of the year. Outstanding work my friend. You caused me to view the show in a new light.

  • @spewter
    @spewter Před 2 měsíci +75

    This is an excellent bit of writing. Congratulations, Friend

  • @leoncarlton
    @leoncarlton Před 2 měsíci +35

    Wow.
    This is probably one of the most insightful Sopranos video I've seen. Every point makes so much sense. You've added another layer into this show for me to see. I have never even drawn any of these correlations. Well done!

  • @TheGoodfella2012
    @TheGoodfella2012 Před 2 měsíci +70

    That scene when he yells "I get it" made a big impact on me and i think it's probably the best psychedelic scene ever filmed because it captures the experience - the pure/real experience minus all the fractal patterns hoopala - so well. Most people have had that "i get it" experience on trips where all your questions simply drop off, everything makes sense and you are truly at peace. It never sticks with you but you get it, in that moment. That scene in The Sopranos captures in perfectly. Beautiful stuff.

    • @georgerebic1240
      @georgerebic1240 Před 2 měsíci +4

      And that moment is a block in the pyramid. Build enough of those blocks and you pit the capstone on and you are ascended into the Kingdom of Heaven. Christ Consciousness. God Consciousness.

    • @TehUltimateSnake
      @TehUltimateSnake Před 2 měsíci +12

      "It never sticks with you but you get it in that moment"
      so true.

    • @autonomous8108
      @autonomous8108 Před 2 měsíci +6

      Funny enough I was experimenting a lot with psychedelics the same time I started watching the sopranos, and I felt the exact same way as you when I saw this scene. I've seen plenty of depictions of psychedelic trips in movies/shows, but this was the first one that actually felt like it captured the true essence of a trip. When he had his "I get it" moment I couldn't help but laugh, smile, and say "yyyup" because even tho I didn't know what he meant, I understood exactly what he was feeling 😂 I think just seeing someone else have that first "I get it" moment strikes a chord with anyone who's had it before because it's a very special feeling. Even when it's coming from a mob boss who recently killed his nephew 😂

    • @AnneHathawayRules
      @AnneHathawayRules Před 2 měsíci +4

      Acid always gives you the meaning of life but you forget to write it down 😂

    • @georgerebic1240
      @georgerebic1240 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @AnneHathawayRules easy to remember: you are ascending to your Godself, the I AM that I am. The trip is a preview of what it's like to be enlightened. GOD in the flesh. The Kingdom of Heaven fulfilled on earth.

  • @morallybankrupt1461
    @morallybankrupt1461 Před měsícem +2

    Most realistic dream sequences I’ve ever seen.

  • @Gator159
    @Gator159 Před 2 měsíci +40

    The Tony B segment of test dream was my favorite part of the series. The best part of your timing on this upload is I just finished the series last Saturday.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Před 2 měsíci +3

      I just finished the series last Saturday.
      Congratulations

    • @Gator159
      @Gator159 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@chasehedges6775 but you already have a sopranos analysis video from a year ago on your channel. How?

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I never watched the show, tbh. I was saying congratulations on you for finishing it.

    • @sporter527
      @sporter527 Před 2 měsíci +1

      imma about to finish it very soon, the withdrawal is gonna suck lmao

    • @Gator159
      @Gator159 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@sporter527 I would always watch the show while I eat dinner. Since I finished the show and my dinner is usually a bag of frozen vegetables via the microwave I just pour it all on a plate and add a tablespoon of soy sauce and I eat standing up in the kitchen. And then I go on a 20 minute walk. I've been doing this for the past week and I really haven't felt any withdrawals. That's because I'm putting in serious effort to quit TV and go to bed at 9:00 if not a little bit before.

  • @howardpolikoff6901
    @howardpolikoff6901 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Great job. I'm glad the comments here are similarly praising.
    One of my favorite, most revealing Sopranos lines comes when Janice tells Bobby she'll see her therapist Sandy for her anger outburst. "Sandy, Sandy," Bobby scoffs. "What does she do? Tells you you were picked on by your father and asks you to read her screenplays." It's like the payoff of a years-long joke that is Tony's therapy sessions: Janice's therapist blames her father when the real culprit is clearly her mother, just as Melfi focuses on Livia instead of Johnny Boy. You capture well that Tony never improves because, for starters, he excuses one parent's evil and blames the other's.
    I love how this revelatory insight appears as a throwaway line between two side characters having a casual squabble. This is one of the show's great feats.

  • @EddyTheMartian
    @EddyTheMartian Před 17 dny +2

    Whoa what a great analysis. Made me watch aspects of the show in a whole different way and I’ve already rewatched and analyzed it myself.

  • @yggdrasil2
    @yggdrasil2 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Sidenote, the reason Chrissy called his movie Cleaver, I think, was because of the trauma surrounding his first kill. Before killing Emil, they did coke off a meat cleaver at Satriale's, and the logo for the movie is a white meat cleaver. We know the event had a deep effect on Chris because of his nightmares and even going as far as moving the body.

  • @huberthubert87
    @huberthubert87 Před 2 měsíci +19

    this is one of the best video essays on the sopranos I have ever seen and I'm only halfway through. very insightful, thank you

    • @LaCokaNostra_
      @LaCokaNostra_ Před 2 měsíci +1

      Very allegorical. The sacred and the propane

  • @beastymcfly4144
    @beastymcfly4144 Před 2 měsíci +17

    this is superb. one of the best breakdowns i’ve seen

  • @DanielGenis5000
    @DanielGenis5000 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Using psychedelic experience as a plot point can make for incredibly dull viewing; I despise the scenes filmed through a lava lamp that are supposed to put us inside the tripping head. However, David Chase handled the challenge sublimely, even including the sad truth that psychedelic insight is tragically fleeting.

  • @georgekech4903
    @georgekech4903 Před 2 měsíci +7

    My interpretation of what you describe is that Tony killed Christopher mostly because of the way Christopher revealed how he really despises Tony from what he depicted in his movie. "He wants to see me dead". Claiming to himself that he killed him because the car accident could have killed Chris' baby was just an excuse which Tony used to justify his action of killing Chris as a necessity and as being moral. That's why he kept seeking validation by bringing up how a branch destroyed the baby seat during the accident to everyone. You are right that he was annoyed and disgusted by how people morned Christopher, and that what he said about the baby seat didn't affect them, but you didn't include the scene where Kelli was breastfeeding the baby and Tony looked with a look of dissatisfaction and annoyance. Like he didn't care about the baby and that he made her an orphan. I think the creators included that scene to show that claiming that he killed Chris over the car seat was just an excuse because he didn't care for the baby. Christopher disliked Tony so much because he knew Tony wanted and would have had sex with Adrianna if they weren't in that accident. And what Tony did when Christopher died? First thing was to fly to Vegas and bang Chris' girlfriend. Like Christopher had sex with the real estate agent which rejected Tony and Christopher rubbed it on Tony's face. A form of a revenge. And you are right about his expression when he was choking Chris. That cold, psycho look which made him look like he was enjoying that he was ending Chris' life.
    The scene in the desert to me is connected with his comma dream. The way the sun beamed before Tony said "I get it" was in a very similar way with how the light beamed from the horizon in Tony's dream. And to me when he said "he's dead" it was about Christopher not his dad. Italians and Italian-Americans are super superstitious. Tony believed that Christopher was bringing him bad luck because he was envious of Tony and wanted him dead. It's the concept of evil eye or Malocchio. His bad luck at gambling was caused by Christophers negative energy and when he died Tony was winning nonstop. At least that's what Tony thought while tripping on mushrooms. And the meaning of the beaming light at the sunset was that the universe or God gave him another chance. Like when he saw the same thing in his dream with the beaming light. A signal that his bad luck is over. Or that the universe or God is supporting him. A sign from above. Another interpretation of a coincidence while being high.

  • @artfasil
    @artfasil Před 2 měsíci +8

    A pint of blood is worth more than a pound of gold, that is the supreme truth he *GETS*

  • @itsyaboi921
    @itsyaboi921 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I don’t think it’s as complicated as everyone’s making it to be. The whole episode is about Tony running away from what he did to Christopher like he does with everything in his life and at the end the “I get it” and crying is him realizing why Christopher liked drugs so much

  • @allenrubinstein3696
    @allenrubinstein3696 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Really insightful, Renegade. Gave me a whole new perspective on the series, after all these years and reading whole booksful of interpretations. Well done.

  • @PodyTheCirate
    @PodyTheCirate Před 2 měsíci +13

    As a lifelong fan of the Sopranos, this was a great breakdown and analysis. Instant like and subscribe!

  • @dr3dg352
    @dr3dg352 Před 2 měsíci +7

    This reminds me of that article "Tony's Vicarious Patricide" from The Chase Lounge. This is one of my favorite interpretations of the final stretch of the show, and it's wonderful hearing a video about it!

  • @harrysachz6395
    @harrysachz6395 Před 2 měsíci +13

    This is really insightful. I never made that connection to Paulie and the boat ride. Also I could never figure out why Tony gambled so much when he of all people should know better.

    • @robertlee4172
      @robertlee4172 Před 2 měsíci +2

      True. He ran a casino on Bloomfield. He has insider knowledge.

  • @joelglanton6531
    @joelglanton6531 Před 2 měsíci +20

    This is SO good. So much better than every other Sopranos video that has surface-level analysis of an episode recap and thinks of itself as an "essay."

  • @Jas-fr8cu
    @Jas-fr8cu Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is one of the most clear and concise deep dives of the show I’ve ever seen, in a third of the usual time. I haven’t seen nearly enough analyses of his relationship with his father since he was so absent leading up to his early death, but the picture is slowly being painted for us throughout each season. Once Tony meets Fran, we finally get a full scope of just how deep his denial was for how terrible of a person his father was. Livia was the obvious target for his issues with her blatant narcissism and problematic/abusive behaviors, but his father made a much deeper, more sinister impact on his life overall that I even failed to see before watching this video. The gambling thing his dad says flew right over my head, as well as the parallels between Chrissy and Johnny in Tony’s mind. You are spot on with this video, put EVERYTHING I was thinking into words. Great job.

  • @UsedShovel
    @UsedShovel Před 2 měsíci +5

    really interesting perspective, im a huge sopranos fan and i thought i had read and watched every viewpoint from the show but there was some new stuff you presented that i had never though of, so sick video brother

  • @richardfilanderer
    @richardfilanderer Před 2 měsíci +8

    What will always make me give The Sopranos an edge over any other TV show is their use of comedy. It’s so funny you could make a legit argument it’s a comedy first and drama second and it doesn’t lose an ounce of quality. A show that morbid and nihilistic has no right to be as funny as it is.

    • @SamP-by7iv
      @SamP-by7iv Před 2 měsíci +1

      How could you say that? So many parts of the show had me prostate with grief.

  • @jakubwrona2040
    @jakubwrona2040 Před 2 měsíci +21

    I’m a big Sopranos fan and generally fan of a “context and subtext” point of view. I’ve seen many Sopranos analysis but this is on another level. Have you studied psychology ? You definitely have big knowledge on that topic.

    • @LPno.9
      @LPno.9 Před 2 měsíci +7

      This is what the show's analysis was like while it was on. That was back when people wrote and read articles on the show and people expected to get a different perspective than what they already understood by watching. A lot of mental health care professionals published weekly reviews, including debates and panels. Others were beginning and seasoned media critics who actually studied film.and TV. Things are very different now.

    • @jakubwrona2040
      @jakubwrona2040 Před 2 měsíci

      @@LPno.9 the analysis of Tony killing his father (or the image of him) by killing Christopher is top.

    • @LPno.9
      @LPno.9 Před 2 měsíci

      @@jakubwrona2040 You should check out the old articles. I would be surprised if that analysis isn't in a few of those reviews.

    • @NotQuiteFirst
      @NotQuiteFirst Před měsícem +1

      @@jakubwrona2040 This video is based on a long essay which you can find online, it's called something like vicarious patricide in The Sopranos.

  • @invisibot6
    @invisibot6 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is a huge analysis. Congratulations man, you really have amazing insight and a gift for explanation. I love the sopranos and I loved this.

  • @TheSoulknowsall
    @TheSoulknowsall Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is one of the best sopranos breakdown I’ve seen fantastic job

  • @anawieder5003
    @anawieder5003 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I’ve never done peyote but shrooms and Ketamine have saved my life after traumatic events and severe depression. I attribute my continued survival to plant medicine.

  • @quinntoohey406
    @quinntoohey406 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Absolutely breathtaking analysis. One of the best ive seen.

  • @jaredmello
    @jaredmello Před 11 dny

    This was well done. Good work sir.

  • @scottboyd3838
    @scottboyd3838 Před 2 měsíci +15

    Just realized this now, Christopher, back in the Pilot commits his first murder, spraying Email's brains all over ah....wait for it, CLEAVER! So Chase used it as symbolism as early as that First episode. A blade severs, like the split between his two families, the piano above reference, starts after the initial severing of Tony's innocence. And then repeated with Christopher. A vicious cycle of misery the life causes.

    • @TonySopranosBurner
      @TonySopranosBurner Před 2 měsíci

      never made that connection! jesus this show is just too layered hahahah

    • @smartyjonez5470
      @smartyjonez5470 Před 2 měsíci

      Gay

    • @scottboyd3838
      @scottboyd3838 Před 2 měsíci

      @@smartyjonez5470 How's that bot troll???

    • @scottboyd3838
      @scottboyd3838 Před 2 měsíci

      @@smartyjonez5470 You must've thought long and hard to come up with such a big insight, yay!!!!!

    • @scottboyd3838
      @scottboyd3838 Před 2 měsíci

      @@smartyjonez5470 Not Gay

  • @CaracalServal
    @CaracalServal Před měsícem

    Thank you for such a profound video and giving me new layers on how to experience the show. You made so many insightful connections. I have fallen in love with this show again and again over time

  • @bonejuice4280
    @bonejuice4280 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Great video man

  • @agustindejesus9150
    @agustindejesus9150 Před měsícem

    This was a fantastic video. Thank you for making it.

  • @lukebateman1
    @lukebateman1 Před 2 měsíci +2

    unironically incredible study on his character during this moment. i clicked on this video kinda laughing to myself but im shook

  • @Lebron1279
    @Lebron1279 Před 2 měsíci +4

    This is a spectacular analysis. Human existence is terribly inefficient. We all get thrown into the world, try to make sense of it all as we are forming, a twenty year process, and choose paths driven by our unconscious mind. "The meaning of life" is a cliche. I think what people really want to understand is "how did I get here?". Brilliant insight. Incredible really.

  • @AquaticSkipper
    @AquaticSkipper Před 2 měsíci

    This is incredibly well put together as an argument, you really built this video well. Very observant, the sacred and the propane

  • @sanjinv
    @sanjinv Před 9 dny

    Man, the analysis is fantastic, right on spot! Thank you so much!

  • @TomFooleryTheAustere
    @TomFooleryTheAustere Před 2 měsíci +4

    It’s both sad and relieving to say, many of these psycho-analytical videos can often put certain aspects of one’s own life into clarity.

  • @makeemoka3026
    @makeemoka3026 Před 2 měsíci

    This was brilliant! Good work!

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges6775 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Love this content.

  • @theamericanaromantic
    @theamericanaromantic Před 2 měsíci +1

    YOU GET IT! Excellent writing sir, great job!

  • @ncapone87
    @ncapone87 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I've watched this show maybe a dozen times but never put together the connection to Cleaver the movie and Johnny Boy's finger chopping. All of it makes sense. Man this show is incredible

  • @TheReelAnalyst
    @TheReelAnalyst Před 2 měsíci +2

    Great analysis!! The Las Vegas episode was one of my most favorite episodes! I loved the dream sequences in the sopranos, that’s how they should
    Be done in media.

  • @Unbruto
    @Unbruto Před 2 měsíci

    Fantastic work! Thank you!

  • @lunacy9825
    @lunacy9825 Před 2 měsíci

    This review perfectly nails it. And makes me realize there’s much more to both my “breakthrough” psychedelic trips than I previously thought. Me and Tony are similar in regards to traumas, but definitely not lifestyle in the adult years.

  • @maxheadroom607
    @maxheadroom607 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I thought Tony said “I did it”, referring to killing Christopher, as a way to get it off his chest

  • @YTPGOD
    @YTPGOD Před 15 dny +2

    The "rotten soprano genes" he feared he passed to his son could have been alluding to his dad and not just Livia

  • @robertlee4172
    @robertlee4172 Před 2 měsíci +12

    In the dream sequence, the crowd turns on Tony, and the chase is on. Anonymous faces, angry and emotional. Those are the locals within the NJ community. Tony is frightened by the prospect that he will be exposed for his crimes, if he goes to trial. One of the characters in his dream, subconsciously, btw, slim, dark hair, in a wife beater top - does that remind anyone of Johnny Soprano? The man shoots at him through a second-floor window with a long gun. Sniper style. Reminiscent of the Kennedy assassination. Fran, Uncle Junior, Paulie, talk about this turbulent time in history. Tony buys at auction, John F. Kennedy's hat, Doctor Kennedy, Junior's cancer surgeon, Heidi and Kennedy the cause of more trauma for Tony. Each time Tony gets into another car accident, it adds to his PSTD. What was the connection with the Kennedy's and the TV series?
    The 1960s.
    The Cuban Missile Crisis ("That was real? I saw that movie, I thought it was bullshit."), the Kennedy assassination, the Newark race riots.
    But most of all, the formative years of Tony Soprano. The time when he almost lost an eye to his mother, wielding a carving fork. The first time Tony experiences real trauma. PTSD.

  • @tonyclark3913
    @tonyclark3913 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Well done. Great video. I'm a huge fan of the show and I pride myself in figuring out some of the great mysteries of this phenomenally deep show. Tony really broke bad in season 6B and you gave me an "I get it" moment with this breakdown. I had gone with the theory that being good was boring (6A) and that being bad was more fun(6B). But you are correct. He tried to kill all of his father figures.

  • @juevosrantsyoutube
    @juevosrantsyoutube Před 2 měsíci

    Great in depth video!

  • @mlcollinsjr1
    @mlcollinsjr1 Před 16 dny

    One of my favorite Sopranos analyses, of so many on YT

  • @atul.j
    @atul.j Před 18 dny

    This was unusually relaxing to watch in a stressful time during my life. Thank you so much. I've not even watched the Sopranos before.

  • @JohnDoe-cg7rs
    @JohnDoe-cg7rs Před 23 dny

    It’s rare that I discover new insights into The Sopranos, but this video is exceptional in that regard. Your analysis is novel and discerning. Great work!

  • @user-vp7ox2vz1i
    @user-vp7ox2vz1i Před 2 měsíci +3

    Very good video and an excellent analysis of the Tony's experience with taking Payote my friend. Superb analysis in great detail and meticulously explained and presented. I subscribed to your channel my friend. Same or similar thing happened to me, although without any drugs involved. I went to Casino (I've been to Casino maybe 7-8 times before and don't even know how to play games there, only roulette because it's terribly easy) with this hot girl and started winning like there is no tomorrow. The whole time she was like little bit out but she was there. Anyways, the whole night was magnificent and after I got like an epiphany of some sort, acting the whole time like I was there but something else was happening at the same time, something I can't explain. Once again, I took no drugs whatsoever of any kind. I only had like 3 Coronas. It got me dizzy but that's all. Anyhow, the night went well and I won huge numbers, the girl was happy but sort of disinterested the whole time as if she was there for soemthing else and not happy about the money. What a great night

  • @johnmulchins6300
    @johnmulchins6300 Před 2 měsíci

    very well written and thought provoking analysis

  • @PkTwothousand
    @PkTwothousand Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great insights, I never fully understood Sopranos but now…I get it….I finally get it!!!!

  • @daviddaviscrawford3669

    Great video and great point of view

  • @jackgriffith6697
    @jackgriffith6697 Před 2 měsíci

    This is brilliantly executed and observed. Top stuff.

  • @georgy3136
    @georgy3136 Před 2 měsíci

    This was very good, thanks man.

  • @omargarcia4208
    @omargarcia4208 Před 18 dny

    this video is so fkn beautiful with how into depth it is👌🏽

  • @danames12
    @danames12 Před 5 dny

    Wonderful review… connects a lot of the mysteries. The depth is over many viewer’s heads… and it seems many of the commenters still don’t get it after your explanation. Dabble on

  • @qjames0077
    @qjames0077 Před 2 měsíci

    One of the most insightful, comprehensive videos I've seen about the Sopranos. Instant Sub.
    Only downside is, I guess I need to watch The Sopranos again 😅

  • @gijoey5912
    @gijoey5912 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Outstanding analysis. I've watched the show countless times and never made a lot of these connections.

  • @RajBeats
    @RajBeats Před 2 měsíci

    Excellent video analysis

  • @jonathan_rosa
    @jonathan_rosa Před 2 měsíci +1

    simply outstanding analysis

  • @Raviolli
    @Raviolli Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great work bringing more awareness to psychedelics
    I experimented with them as a teenager and young adult and it is incredible to look back and recognize how they influenced my growth and mind.
    While there were both good and bad, fun and weird, periods
    Psychedelics helped me build new understandings and educated me to realize that I liked the way information flows through my brain. They opened my mind to new ideas, insights, and appreciations that i took with me for years that followed.
    While I don’t find myself experimenting with them as often anymore,
    I truly feel that society and the modern western world will benefit heavily by ending the stigma, and supporting their use. As time keeps flowing through these crazy times I am only more and more convinced that building understanding and working with psychedelic thought is one of the few real potentials that can help us build a path towards a better future.
    Lots of love to you all

    • @mariozd971
      @mariozd971 Před měsícem

      It's a big disgrace that psychedelics are banned and you can go to jail for using them. I tried everything, i was using marijuana for years, now not often, i was sometimes using cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamines, heroin but all that is crap. Only psychedelics are worth taking, you can't get addicted to it because if you take for example lsd or mushroons, the next day if you use it again you won't feel anything, you have to make a pause for minimum 2 weeks. I was taking lsd, mushrooms, peyote, ketamine and DMT. DMT is the most powerful , the most intensive stuff, i had the most intensive 10 minutes of my life on DMT trip. Next month i go to ayahuasca treatment for the first time, i love that feeling on psychedelics when you understand all and all questions you had have totally natural answers.

  • @stevebrizzle
    @stevebrizzle Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great analysis!

  • @JustinSeizure
    @JustinSeizure Před 2 měsíci

    Very interesting and deep analysis!

  • @MartinMaxiepada
    @MartinMaxiepada Před měsícem +3

    I would not do psychedelics if you have anxiety lol

  • @SneakerGirlMtl
    @SneakerGirlMtl Před dnem

    Fantastic analysis, thank you 😊

  • @Carmine_Lupertazzi
    @Carmine_Lupertazzi Před 2 měsíci +1

    Absolutely brilliant analysis

  • @Tighttracks1
    @Tighttracks1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Hands down best sopranos take
    After over a decade of rewatching the series this unveiled much for me

  • @ShivSocratesKapoor
    @ShivSocratesKapoor Před měsícem

    Wow can’t believe I missed so much in the episode. Great video!

  • @localfatty4364
    @localfatty4364 Před 2 měsíci

    YES!!!!!!!! IVE BEEN WANTING TO FIND A VIDEO ABOUT THIS !!!!

  • @paulcervantes528
    @paulcervantes528 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Excellent video

  • @cristianb4502
    @cristianb4502 Před 2 měsíci

    What a masterpiece analysis. Kudos.

  • @eduardo-hr1gb
    @eduardo-hr1gb Před 2 měsíci

    Excellent video 👏🏻

  • @akoa1990
    @akoa1990 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great job 👏🏿

  • @DemiK-AE
    @DemiK-AE Před měsícem +1

    Well written, well analyzed. made me think about my own shit. keep on keeping on!

  • @hardboiled2987
    @hardboiled2987 Před měsícem

    Super insightful.

  • @thomasbulmer7019
    @thomasbulmer7019 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Such a good take. A friend of ours

  • @Taerus
    @Taerus Před 2 měsíci

    Really great analysis.

  • @thesopranosltp_
    @thesopranosltp_ Před 2 měsíci

    This is excellent ⚔️🔥

  • @liamanbull
    @liamanbull Před měsícem

    This is really well done

  • @JimmyjimmyJimmyjimmy-ih3yd
    @JimmyjimmyJimmyjimmy-ih3yd Před 2 měsíci

    Great video!

  • @joefeeney5497
    @joefeeney5497 Před 29 dny

    Good stuff, loved it!

  • @shadowprince101
    @shadowprince101 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This whole time I thought he said "I DID IT!" in reference to Christopher. Damn lol

  • @user-rf9co2ge7l
    @user-rf9co2ge7l Před 2 měsíci +1

    Love Sopranos and summed it up well with this video

  • @Stumpwater27
    @Stumpwater27 Před 2 měsíci

    Very good analysis!

  • @goldbullet50
    @goldbullet50 Před 24 dny +8

    Great video, but I'd suggest stop using AI visuals.

  • @stephengrinkley9889
    @stephengrinkley9889 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Brilliant analysis. You caused me to analyze myself lol