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The cat: Tony's animal totem
I think the ginger cat represents Tony's essential nature. If you watched Northern Exposure, you saw Chase (and the other NE writers) made frequent use of animal totems. I think Chase has used this in the Sporanos before. Remember that hulking black bear in Tony's yard a few seasons back? The cat is charming, yet menacing. It kills rats. It ...
Posted to TV Club by JackieW on June 12, 2007
Oh Brian. The cat
is critical. Not because it introduces a supernatural element to the Sopranos, but because Paulie thinks it does. If you ever spend a lot of time with people of Southern Italian descent whose people didn't wander too far from Ellis Island, you know that they are an incredibly superstitious lot, especially those of a certain age. A bird in the ...
Posted to TV Club by rundeep on June 11, 2007