Stupid TV Questions

I watch things, then I ask stupid questions about them.

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If Tony is so smart, then how come he tries to give himself tinnitus?

~ The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story (Alan Taylor / David Chase, 2001)

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But how is this story supposed promote Catholicism if it just ends up making everyone miserable, and they’d be much happier serving God with some other more lenient form of Christianity that allows for divorce and remarriage?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part XI: “Brideshead Revisited”

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Is the audience just supposed to take it for granted that this occurred off-screen, since the actual first thing that we hear about her is merely that she’s a fervent Catholic?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part X: "A Twitch Upon the Thread"

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What’s so attractive about a shitty deadbeat dad who refuses to be a father to his own children?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part IX: "Orphans of the Storm"

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What’s so sad about a more efficient use of land and resources which provides more homes to more people who need them?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part VIII: "Brideshead Deserted"

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After spending so much time together with Sebastian, shouldn’t Kurt really ought to already know that by now?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part VII: "The Unseen Hook"

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What’s so romantic about permanently injuring an innocent tortoise and mutilating its shell with gaudy jewelry?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part VI: "Julia"

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Were they somehow under the impression that the rest of their animal products weren’t equally barbarous and unnecessarily cruel?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part V: "A Blow Upon a Bruise"

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Who does this grown man in his thirties think he’s fooling?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part IV: "Sebastian Against the World"

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How am I supposed to take the Christian themes seriously when this supposedly Christian family uses wealth, power, and deceit to help a guilty criminal evade proper punishment?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part III: "The Bleak Light of Day"

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Does that mean that he was perfectly content until then with having the priest drive miles on winter mornings?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part II: "Home and Abroad"

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What kind of upper-class twit can’t clean up vomit on his own, and would rather let it stink up his room all night just so the servant can clean it up the next day?

~ Brideshead Revisited, Part I: "Et in Arcadia Ego"

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In the final scene, when Tony plays Journey on the tabletop jukebox, yet he sees the same "A Lonely Place" and "This Magic Moment" twice in succession despite flipping to two clearly different pages of track listings, are we supposed to believe that this is some sort of magic jukebox or something?

Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

~ The Sopranos S06E21 “Made in America” - (re-run)

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But if Carmela is a good Catholic who disapproves of sexual intercourse that isn’t for the purposes of procreation, then why does she still like it when Tony gives her cunnilingus once per year?

~ The Sopranos S06E21 “Made in America” - (re-run)

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Why didn’t anybody remind her that her father is a violent criminal who deserves to be dragged away by the FBI?

~ The Sopranos S06E21 “Made in America” - (re-run)

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Why didn’t anybody let him know that the Afghans actually prefer to speak Pashto and Dari?

~ The Sopranos S06E21 “Made in America” - (re-run)

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Was she upset with him for steering the conversation to become yet another pity party for himself, or because he was still pretending that his mother’s nursing home was a retirement community?

~ The Sopranos S06E21 “Made in America” - (re-run)