What The **** Ya Gonna Do?
By Mitch Berg
I’m less surprised by the fact that James Gandolfini has passed away…
…than by the fact that he was only 51.
He’d seemed “51” for most of the last 20 years.
Sigh.
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June 20th, 2013 at 3:57 pm
I’m more surprised that neither MBerg or Mr. Doakes has mentioned the passing of a Vince Flynn from St. Paul.
June 20th, 2013 at 4:37 pm
Yeah, you’re right Doug Grow / alter ego “Emery”. North Dakotan (eg: Not One of Us) MBerg simply isn’t provincial enough.
Is MinnPost doing a retrospective on Flynn? Or maybe one of my favorite things in Twin Cities media… a retrospective on how WE are effected by the deaths of Flynn; or Gandolfini; or Slim Whitman, complete with you and Eric Black interviewing Twin Citians on how they feel about these deaths. Mmm, Good Question.
Back on topic… Yes I was surprised as well. Also pleasantly surprised to learn that Mr Gandolfini was very good person in his personal life. That’s the problem with type casting I suppose. RIP.
June 20th, 2013 at 5:49 pm
Emery: I believe the line usually goes “I can’t help but note you are conspicuously and suspiciously silent”.
Maybe more tomorrow. Maybe Monday. Dunno.
June 20th, 2013 at 6:49 pm
That’s why you’re the editor. ;^)
June 20th, 2013 at 6:59 pm
Yes, what are you hiding, Berg?
June 20th, 2013 at 7:01 pm
Seflores
Whew. I thought I was long-winded, but you could reduce that to 1/4 of the words, and it would be more comprehensible as well. You might also conclude with one sentence summarizing whatever point it is you’re trying to make, which wasn’t at all clear to me.
June 20th, 2013 at 8:15 pm
Subject, verb, object. In that order, please. Anything else is superfluous.
June 20th, 2013 at 8:16 pm
Shorter Seflores: Blow it out your butt, Doug.
June 20th, 2013 at 8:34 pm
Ditto Mr D. (Need I say more?)
June 20th, 2013 at 8:48 pm
I think that internet communications would be improved if we English speakers reverted back to using the second person pronouns ‘thou’ (subjective) and ‘thee’ (objective).
I’ve read that the use of of the third person ‘you’ in place of thee and thou is a relic of 17th century British class distinctions. An aristocrat would refer to another aristocrat using ‘thee’ or ‘thou’, but would refer to a person of lower status as ‘you’ in order to erase their individuality.
When in fear of using the wrong word, use the word with the Anglo-Saxon root. It’s the manly thing to do.
June 21st, 2013 at 6:45 am
As Tony Soprano often said: “forgettaboutit”.
June 21st, 2013 at 8:05 am
I always peceived Mr Gandolfini as roughly middle-aged, even from one of his earlier movies, and one of one of my favorites of his roles…the hit man in True Romance.
What dismays me a only slightly less than his death at all too young an age is that given my percection of his age he was, in fact, younger than me by nearly a month.
June 21st, 2013 at 2:48 pm
To see a different side of Gandolfini’s acting watch the movie 8mm, very creepy to say the least.