Adam Sternglass

I waisted $25. I loved the Sopranos 20 years ago. This 2-hour mob movie was shallow and had 'woke' tangents that left out substance. About 25% of the movies appealed to Black Lives Matter. Now black mobsters in the 1960s and the Newark riots is an interesting series in-and-of itself. But what does that have to do with the forming and shaping of young Tony Soprano? For instance, a teenage Carmela only got 30 seconds of screentime. That 40 minutes of BLM appeal could have shown a 17-year-old Tony dealing with girls. "Gee, Uncle Dickie. I want to ask this girl out, but I'm really scared." That's the kind of human foibles that made us love the original series. In addition, we could have had real 1960's dilemmas. One mob family has a college daughter who became a flower child. Another has a son in Vietnam. A nephew died of LSD. From the reviews I see, practically all other Soprano fans feel likewise.