Without a TV in the house, we’re been woefully behind in keeping up with our TV diet.  It took us five years to plow through the complete set of Sopranos DVDs.  By the time we reached the last bit of New Jersey turnpike diner pageantry and the final nihilistic scene when Tony Soprano’s consciousness, vision, pathos, tragedy – the sum total of his entire being – suddenly eclipses forever into a blank and silent screen, the series had already been over for three years.   [Disclaimer here:  I’m a sucker for the Sopranos and consider it one of the great works of American theatre, TV be damned.] Continue reading →