What about the scenes where he finds out that his Mum isnāt his Mum? Or even with the cancer?
Skit.
The same lads that continue to think The sopranos is a truly great tv show probably think the wolf Of wall street Is a great film.
Some lads cant see beyond the basics - they lack a bit of depth when analyzing ā¦ probably comes down to a lack of life experience.
We all know a Paulie type character tho ā¦ Never grew up or settled down. Still drinking heavily or taking drugs in their 40s. Likes to relive back in the day as in a way thatās all they have. Paulie is far more tragic than funny ā the humour is only surface stuff.
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Remember the scene when Paulie murdered the old lady over a few pound. Complete fiction. It was a ridiculous scene. A ridiculous character in reality.
You had him as your avatar for years.
Youāre a chilly pepper.
The problem is Farmerās point is preposterous.
He denigrates McNulty as a character and then says Sopranos didnāt have weak characters.
Paulie Walnuts is a character that really should be on a slapstick comedy show, such a character just detracts away from The Sopranos as a serious show. Humour is important but incessant slapstick humour on a serious crime drama show is just self-defeating.
The scene where he calls to his non-birth mother, after all the shit being revealed, and sits with her in the nursing home watching TV was very tragic.
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Paulie was meant to be a one dimensional nutter with mother issues. Thatās why he killed the oul doll and why he was passed over when tony needed a second in command.
It was a completely different window into a character with the same sociopath tendencies as the rest. Thereās only so many strong silent type characters you can fit into the show. Each and every character had their flaws - Ralphie liked to be sexually humiliated. Chris was a degenerate junkie. Tony was a narcissist among many other things. Paulie was child like.
Why did they need to make him so slapstick? He should have been in a sitcom.
Clowns are the epitome of slapstick ā and in keeping with most comics being tragic and sad in real life - Chase plays on that with Paulie. Heās the ultimate clown ā I think heās getting at something very deep with his portrayal of the character.
Itās sitcom comedy in a serious show.
Head off him in that photo anyway 
Need to re-watch this. Been 10 years plus Iād say
Sure they do buddy
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Just finished season 2ā¦ The scene at the end when Nickie, the last of the Soboktas still on the docks, is looking in at the silent machinery knowing that itās all overā¦ Tragic.
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Along cane Larkin in 1913.
A union man, with a labour heart.
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That fucking Ziggy
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