Talk:A.J. Soprano

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It seems to me that during the last few episodes the writing staff was beating the viewers over the head with the idea that AJ has developed schizophrenia. One of the most well known symptoms is a style of speech usually referred to as "word salad". Towards the end of the series AJ's speech was constantly dominated by this style of speech. At one point the Paulie character mocked his speech style by imitating the word salad coming out of AJ. There is also the obvious paranoia emerging within the character and other characteristics typical of schizophrenics. I think that some mention of this should be made.

Could you provide at least one example of this? His sentences seemed coherent to me...

AJ's sentences seem coherent to me, also.

product placement implies the producers got paid for it. did they? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.86.74.135 (talk) 17:42, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

looooool corse dey got payd — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.157.65.113 (talk) 16:29, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Au contraire! As USA Today's Michael McCarthy discussed in "HBO shows use real brands" (12/2/2002, updated 12/3/2002), "Commercial-free HBO doesn't pocket a penny from the cars, phones and soft drinks seen in such shows as The Sopranos, Sex and the City and Curb Your Enthusiasm. The 34-million-subscriber pay channel also prohibits paid placements in its original movies." Rather, the creators of the HBO shows do accept free use of cars and other goods. It cuts costs and adds realism." McCarthy refers to this approach as "product placement, Sopranos-style". Froid 20:59, 10 January 2012 (UTC)