Always enjoy when you write about the bad boys. Probably because I suffered from the same adolescent fascination. Did I want to BE them? Did I want to be chosen by them? Since I've recently been involved in songwriting, I've been working for quite a while on a song called "My Last Bad Boy" - My current demo has a male singer, so a bit of a gender-bender. But I'm determined to get the right woman to sing "....loving you on top/tends to leave me on the bottom......" ETC!!!!!!! Great writing by you, as always.
I haven’t given it the full treatment, but I did see it and loved it. Posted on FB: “The saga of how the wonderful James Gandolfini —the tenderest tough guy actor ever—struggled to embody the role fully without descending into Tony’s darkness is devastating. I don’t use that word often. After watching this, I couldn’t sleep. It begins in the first part as a celebration of creativity and risk-taking. It ends with an unsparing look at the price they all paid—but especially the lovely Gandolfini—for the show’s success, which in a sense imprisoned them, forced them to give their all every day to a dark world that they refused to make more palatable. it’s a remarkable work, one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. But if what you’re mostly interested in is Sopranos trivia, just watch the first episode. The second episode (it’s a two-parter) will break your heart.”
Always enjoy when you write about the bad boys. Probably because I suffered from the same adolescent fascination. Did I want to BE them? Did I want to be chosen by them? Since I've recently been involved in songwriting, I've been working for quite a while on a song called "My Last Bad Boy" - My current demo has a male singer, so a bit of a gender-bender. But I'm determined to get the right woman to sing "....loving you on top/tends to leave me on the bottom......" ETC!!!!!!! Great writing by you, as always.
Susan! Not the books! I keep mine on the third floor. I'd put them higher if I could : )
It was tragic.
College was a great episode and you frame it perfectly as revolutionary in its contrasts.
However, to give due credit, it was (co) written by a friend of mine, Jim Manos, who also wrote the pilot for Dexter.
That is great to know. I will edit to credit him.
When are you having me at your house to meet him? JK, but would love to have him read this piece.
Happy to send it to him and connect you via email. I’m overdue to reach out to him.
Infomative
Did you watch Wise Guy yet? Gibney greatness as usual. Needs the Bordo treatment ASAP.
I haven’t given it the full treatment, but I did see it and loved it. Posted on FB: “The saga of how the wonderful James Gandolfini —the tenderest tough guy actor ever—struggled to embody the role fully without descending into Tony’s darkness is devastating. I don’t use that word often. After watching this, I couldn’t sleep. It begins in the first part as a celebration of creativity and risk-taking. It ends with an unsparing look at the price they all paid—but especially the lovely Gandolfini—for the show’s success, which in a sense imprisoned them, forced them to give their all every day to a dark world that they refused to make more palatable. it’s a remarkable work, one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. But if what you’re mostly interested in is Sopranos trivia, just watch the first episode. The second episode (it’s a two-parter) will break your heart.”
Jim is a Jersey Boy. Raised in Bergen County. Greatness is in our water.
Bergen County for me too. Newark. Home of great authors, athletes, and a really swell senator.