Pizza craving

People are *always* eating in The Sopranos. Always. And that has been giving me the biggest pasta-cold cuts-pizza craving ever. But Season 3 seems to be the lets-contrive-plot-points-that let-us-depict-violence-on-women season.

First, the horrific rape of Dr Melfi. They showed the entire things. With Melfi screaming the whole time. It is bad enough that they had to depict rape. But what is worse that they picked the only completely financially and emotionally and professionally independent woman in the show to be raped.

As far as scraping the bottom of the sexist barrel goes, though, I was deeply impressed that the show did *not* use it as a way to forward Tony's character arc but miraculously and rather non-fussily managed to make it about Melfi's own story. As far as the "aftertreatment" of  a rape character goes, this was by far the most mature and in some ways, even empowering. I am glad that we don't hear much of it later. Melfi is back in her office, with her annoying voice,  and creepy hair that never moves, asking Tony Soprano to consider if his girlfriends represent his mother, with no one none the wiser. While I know some people thought that the show moved on too quickly from her rape, I am glad they did. That made her a rape survivor, of sorts I guess, and  not just a victim. Very rarely in TV, movies, or in the news, do we see the victim surviving rape and moving on with life part of things. It worked in a way. helped "demystify" rape to a certain extent.

Also, while they did depict the entire rape scene, I am glad they did not drag it out. See how that was done GOT makers? That wasn't too difficult now,was it? 

So as far as that goes, points(!) to Sopranos.

However, the murder of that dancer girl. O my god. What the HELL were you thinking with THAT, Soprano? 

Update:

I must resume watching the show. High time I got over the PTSD inducing Seasons 3 and 4