Originally posted by B. B. Cheese:
I wonder if you’re suggesting that Francis Ford Coppola should create a new Godfather Trilogy by remaking it and of course he would have to re-cast it, among many other important tangibles. Perhaps modernize the timeless classic trilogy to make it more “real”. After all, real is better, right?
Why would anyone want to make that suggestion? They'd be ridiculed out of society. Yes, it is a classic, but times change; sex sells, as does realism in TV shows (and realism comes in the form of proper colloquial language, however coarse it may seem).
Why would David Chase want to clean the show up when A: it is possibly the most in-demand and popular TV show at the moment (so why change a winning formula?), and B: he has not set out to produce a kiddies' show. This is the Mafia. People swear. I swear. You swear. The Sopranos are human beings, and the show makes viewers very aware of what they can expect.
Yes, you may get wrong for swearing in front of your parents, but every family in the world is different.
If you resent it so much don't watch it. Nobody is forcing you to. You either like a show or don't. If you don't like it because of profanity, fine; but don't go on and on about it.
Mick
