A supreme slam at Tony and Carmela

February 18th, 2008 | Category: TV News

If you’re in the camp that believes that Tony was whacked by the Members-Only jacketed man in the final blackout of The Sopranos, next you’ll probably be pleased to know that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. has taken a shot at the HBO drama, too.

During a recent speech at New Jersey’s Rutgers University, Justice Alito opined that the Emmy-winning series besmirched not only Italians, but citizens of the Garden State, too. “You have a trifecta - gangsters, Italian-Americans, New Jersey - wedded in the popular American imagination,”

he said to a crowd of about 100. He was speaking about the stereotypes Italian-Americans have had to habitable with in the United States. Clearly, The Sopranos would be just the kind of depiction to draw his ire. After all, Uncle Junior and Paulie Walnuts are not characters to be emulated and admired, and creator David Chase never said they were.

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