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In the End, the Joke's on Us

Posted Jun 11, 07 12:17 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?" may have replaced A3's "Woke Up This Morning" as the song “Sopranos” fans most associate with the show, but Salon TV critic Heather Havrilesky thinks she gets creator David Chase's message. He "played us like a grand piano," she writes, and "got his karmic revenge on us for caring too much."

The last season had laid on the suspense with turns melancholic and violent, Havrilesky writes, with regular reminders of how repellent Tony was willing to be. The series never delivered the expected apocalypse, and although the last several hours held many surprises, the biggest was a big "screw you" from Chase: Tony survived, happily munching onion rings at a diner.

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All dancing stopped so the patrons could watch the final episode of "The Sopranos" at Satin Dolls, which was portrayed as strip club Bada Bing on the series, in Lodi, N.J. on Sunday, June 10, 2007. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Customers watch the final episode of 'The Sopranos' at a coffee shop at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fl., Sunday, June 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)   (Associated Press)
Lorraine Bracco, James Gandolfini and Steven R. Schirripa of 'The Sopranos' arrive on the red carpet at Tony's Swan Song party at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood,...   (Associated Press)
In this undated photo, released in 2007 by HBO, James Gandolfini portrays Tony Soprano in a scene from one of the last episodes of HBO's "The Sopranos." (AP photo/HBO, Craig Blankenhorn)   (Associated Press)
Actor James Gandolfini, right, and David Chase, creator of the HBO television series "The Sopranos," pose together after a panel discussion at the Writers Guild in Beverly Hills, Calif., March 31, 1999....   (Associated Press)
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