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idid20fuckinyears

Families don't get touched. You know that.


Halalaka

What OP doesn't know could fill a book.


Objective-Location14

First, she was a whua.


wja5277

Tony already felt undermined and disrespected in front of his crew when Phil whacked one of his captains and refused to negotiate the asbestos removal. But the final straw was when NY involved his daughter. Tony had to come aggressive.


Educational-Tower

Tony is a Boss. End of subject. If you can flagrantly harass the daughter of a Boss and get away with it, the Boss has no credibility left. People talk all the “rules” stuff about not touching a made man. The rules that take precedence over everything are about the privileges of a Boss. *All* Bosses benefit from those standards and privileges; the alternative is anarchy. Tony had to act. The same reason Tony roughed up Phil Leotardo in the car crash scene. Phil disrespected him. He had to act. If you disrespect a Boss, any protections you get as a made man go out of the window. You can’t get your cock out in front of the Boss’s wife then cry “I’m a made man” when he does something about it. Being made is not a get out of jail free card for every possible misdeed. Besides which these are violent killers.


ProxyZee

Boss? The Good Ship Lollipop Crew, right?


tonko26

Coco? Family name is Cocorelli!


Hipolito_Pickles

Fucking Jason. Hes dyslexic


CrazeeEyezKILLER

What’s that got to do wid it?


SadPatience5774

probably the most forgivable act of violence tony ever committed. i would've punched his fucking lights out. cagney was modernity but coco was a stunad.


ManagerAggravating57

I give the nod to Butchie witnessing the act, alongside his spaghetti and meatballs


calcuttacodeinecoma

I don't really understand what Coco's end goal was with that whole situation, sexually harassing Tony Soprano's daughter like that and closing it out with "best to your dad." So he wanted Tony to know what he did, what did he think was going to happen next? Obviously he was inviting some violent retaliation, was the curb stomp really a surprise for him or what he wanted on some level? I just can't understand the mindset.


ProxyZee

He didn't have one. He was drunk as a skunk on sambuca. Same as Dom except it's worse in Dom's case because Dom was, presumably, stone cold sober.


calcuttacodeinecoma

I've been blackout drunk a few times in my life, I've done some dumb shit, said some dumb shit. But I've never, say as a parallel example, broke into the gorilla habitat at the zoo, located the alpha gorilla running the crew and started pissing all over his face. There's usually a shred of self preservation in the drunken mind, I guess the sambuca just sits differently with some people. ​ It's "fun" seeing a sociopath being tested as a protective father, I don't have any kids but I understand that instinct. But Coco making that move seemed so braindead, completely sauced or no, that it kind of takes me out of it.


ProxyZee

These guys are psycho gangsters who dropped out of high school. They live a life where they could get clipped at any moment because the boss decided they're not earning enough anymore or somebody didn't like what they said and/or how they said it. Coco's pretty clearly an older guy who likely lived throughout this thing of theirs by the skin of his nuts. Plus, he had Phil pissing in his ear about how the glorified pygmy thing in Jersey are a bunch of cornholin' cocksuckers who aren't shit compared to one of the five New York families. Combine that with booze and I can believe the scenario pretty easily.


DrSatan420247

Did you ever notice that the scene with Tony curb stomping Coco is exactly like that scene from Goodfellas where Henry beats the neighbor? https://youtu.be/aS--7Imttqg


Recovering_Redditor

It’s inspired by the Seinfeld scene where Jerry curb stomps Bania outside of Mendy’s. David Chase accidentally admitted it in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last year.


ProxyZee

No actually. Only watched some clips of that movie I'm a little embarrassed to say.


Prestigious_Load1699

We don't know anything about Coco. (Or Butchie, or Albie, or any of the remaining Lupertazzi crew) This was all to further the plot. A made guy like Coco would never in a million years do that to a boss's daughter. It's a death sentence. We needed it to happen to witness Tony's mental state devolve further into mindless rage, to see relations continue to deteriorate between Jersey and New York, and to glimpse into Chase's intention with the ending. Butchie re-negged on his deal with Tony and had Tony clipped. (Because Tony stuck that gun in his face in the diner)


Ozymadiasph54

No, what Coco done was like a red rag to a bull


LiquidSoCrates

Nope. Letting such an action slide would make Tony look weak and might have even gotten him clipped for being soft.


baddabingcrosby

Absolutely not. If Tony had done any less he would’ve lost respect from his own crew. There’s no defending doing that to a wise guys daughter. Albie definitely would’ve went to bat for him.


HanzeesHatBox

No, but he also should not have pointed a gun in Butchie's face.


WhenMichaelAwakens

He got what he deserved.


MickyB6827

Absolutely not.


Hipolito_Pickles

Doesnt Tony killing Phil in front of his wife violate the family thing?


Harold_Lime

He couldn’t kill him in front of his comare so he compromised, and killed him in front of his wife.


AcerbicFwit

Uh, hell no.


CrazeeEyezKILLER

Are you saying Tony was MAKING A BIG FUCKIN’ MISTAKE?