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Neat-Plantain-7500 t1_ivb5pa6 wrote

Reply to comment by Educational-Tower in Deadwood : 3 seasons and a movie . by Extension-Carry2584

In terms of dialogue this has to be better than sopranos simply because of the use of language. The sheer amount of words strung together to be coherent was amazing.

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paintsmith t1_ivb9bfv wrote

The Sopranos excelled at writing dialog that both demonstrated an amazing amount of substance and nuance in it's characters while constantly reminding the audience just how ludicrously dumb they all were. A genuinely difficult feat of balancing comedy and drama.

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ArislanShiva t1_ivc8u2b wrote

"The fundamental question is, will I be as effective as a boss like my dad was? And I will be, even more so? But until I am, it's going to be hard to verify that I think I'll be more effective." - Brainless the Second

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mcognetooo t1_ivcxdyx wrote

Sopranos dialogue sounded how real people speak. Not clever lines like many shows do.

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Educational-Tower t1_ivbb3r5 wrote

I can see why you would say that, and I don’t sternly disagree, but The Sopranos is WAY more quotable which, for me, makes the difference.

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Neat-Plantain-7500 t1_ivbcgzd wrote

Sam Fields: "That ain't gonna raise your popularity with your fellow white people." Calamity Jane: "Question I wake up to in the morning, and pass out with, at night - what's my popularity with my fellow white people?" Al Swearengen to Jewell: "Do not put unauthorized cinnamon on the goddamn meeting table!

I think that might have to do with popularity as well. Sopranos was 10x? More popular so seen by a lot more people. More people know sopranos than deadwood

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dr199 t1_ivbkn4e wrote

It was Dan Dority who made the "unauthorized cinnamon" comment.

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