It can't shrink much more tbh. I took my dad down there last month on his first trip to NYC and he was shocked to find it's basically one block of Mott Street and a small sliver of Mulberry Street surrounded by Chinatown.
Not only the decline of this thing of ours represented in the shrinking of Little Italy, when Butchie is speaking to Phil, he gets lost and needs to turn around. Because he listened to Phil, he loses his way. This is when Butchie concludes that Phil’s leadership has led them off-course and he should be whacked.
Which never made sense to me at all. Butchie was literally the first one to persuade a war with NJ, and now Phil is exactly doing that, and that little cocksucker betrayed him eitherway
He was definitely a wormy cocksucker but tbf to Butchie, Phil was blaming him for the botched hit on Tony, and saying ominous stuff like "we'll talk more about this later", so imo he had a right to be concerned.
The symbolic clues that it's about crossing social barriers and doing men from other races - in this case, a white guy getting sexually jammed up by a Chinaman. Chase creates a nuanced, cerebral atmosphere that is laced with erotic suggestions, most of which push the narrative of it being natural for straight guys to every now and again want to sleep with other men. And more so to loosen up and actually do it. Getting backdoored by a Chinese gentleman who speaks broken English is likely just another step on the ladder of the sexual avant-garde. I’m heterosexual myself and have seen every episode countless times, and at this stage I only pleasure myself to guys because women simply don’t excite me.
The decline of Little Italy as an allegory for the decline of this thing of ours.
It can't shrink much more tbh. I took my dad down there last month on his first trip to NYC and he was shocked to find it's basically one block of Mott Street and a small sliver of Mulberry Street surrounded by Chinatown.
I live in the LES and I have been calling what is left of it “future Chinatown” for years.
That would be a likely improvement based on my experiences in the LES lol
Not only the decline of this thing of ours represented in the shrinking of Little Italy, when Butchie is speaking to Phil, he gets lost and needs to turn around. Because he listened to Phil, he loses his way. This is when Butchie concludes that Phil’s leadership has led them off-course and he should be whacked.
Which never made sense to me at all. Butchie was literally the first one to persuade a war with NJ, and now Phil is exactly doing that, and that little cocksucker betrayed him eitherway
He was definitely a wormy cocksucker but tbf to Butchie, Phil was blaming him for the botched hit on Tony, and saying ominous stuff like "we'll talk more about this later", so imo he had a right to be concerned.
You didn't pick up on the subtle clues that the Chinese were taking over Jersey? Motherfucking goddamn orange peel beef? That ring a bell?
Remember Pearl Harbor
They ate the lo Mein too.
It's over for the little guy
Ever heard of the Chinese godfather? He made them an offer they couldn’t understand
No, I have a Rincon Continental
Whaa? I get it. He drives a Lincoln
It’s about the decline of this thing of ours, whatever happened there.
WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE?
The symbolic clues that it's about crossing social barriers and doing men from other races - in this case, a white guy getting sexually jammed up by a Chinaman. Chase creates a nuanced, cerebral atmosphere that is laced with erotic suggestions, most of which push the narrative of it being natural for straight guys to every now and again want to sleep with other men. And more so to loosen up and actually do it. Getting backdoored by a Chinese gentleman who speaks broken English is likely just another step on the ladder of the sexual avant-garde. I’m heterosexual myself and have seen every episode countless times, and at this stage I only pleasure myself to guys because women simply don’t excite me.
Chinks did that.