Heaven Hi!!!

Anybody a Soprano fan? Well then you’ll love to know that there is more fun on the way. After the finale of the long running hit HBO show, the creator David Chase breaks his silence on the blackout scene in the restaurant with his family. No Tony didn’t get wacked while munching on onion rings, and mostly Chase wonders why so many viewers got so worked up over the series’ non-finish.

Chase insists that what you saw (and didn’t see) is what you get. “There are no esoteric clues in there. No ‘Da Vinci Code,’ “he declares. He says it’s “just great” if fans tried to find a deeper meaning, but “most of them, most of us, should have done this kind of thing in high school English class and didn’t.” He defends the bleak, seemingly inconclusive ending as appropriate — and even a little hopeful.

The infamous mob boss Tony Soprano was indeed in line for a mob promotion, and the predestined “mob promotion” usually means you get wacked. However, it was not the case here. Tony Soprano embodied all the qualities of the dark triangle of human behavior. Since he was in fact the mob boss his role was 50% power. He ruled with an iron fist utilizing 25% fear/paranoia of his character to inflict fear while at the same time trusting nobody. The other 25% was danger. Those mob clichet are there for a reason; “you never go against the family,” “I’ll make him an off he can’t refuse,” and “keep your friends close, your enemies closer.” James Gandolfini utilized these components of human behavior to make his character intimidating and a rule of authority.

My book, Acting For Real talks about the Creative Triangle of Human Behavior, and it tells you how you can focus 50% of your character on a single component while relying on the other two 25%s of your character that compliment your character as a whole. Check it out and see how my book breaks down a character utilizing these components, and maybe we’ll be looking forward to your future HBO hit, “Capiche?” Until then……

Be BOP!!!
Thom