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Hey man i watched the many saints last night and it completely flopped imo. The plot is nonsensical. Casting is rubbish, they shit on junior (who suddenly has broad shoulders, nose and hairy chest) he basically is a clown in this. Silv wont shut up, which is nothing like the silv we all know. And tony is a shy timid soft spoken geek with very little involvement in the film its all just random scenes of random people doing stuff we aren't really sure why or what the point of this is. Its basically a long episode of a new show, that you dont really care about until maybe it gets better by the end of the series. Nonsensical plot! Decent sound track throughout but thats not enough to save a shit show. Really disappointed, glad i snuck in to cinema because i would feel bad paying to watch my favourite show get shit on!!
My mother just died in June of this year at the age of 91. She was showing a lot of the signs of dementia, not recognizing peoples faces not remembering who was who, etc. The portrayal of uncle Junior here is very close to my mother in a lot of ways just that she died before she got to the need for institutionalization. I thank you for putting this together as it really does show how the Sopranos Handled this issue with a lot of dignity I think
Man, Junior's descent into dementia was one of the most brutal side-stories of the series, a character so alive and vibrant being reduced to a raisin was really hard to watch, Dominic Chianese is an amazing actor
I don't know the man is probably responsible of at least 20-40 murders by the time Alzheimer's kicks in and countless other crimes. There's only so much sympathy you can have for any of these guys especially as the series goes on and we see more and more just how twisted they are.
@@sakketin I think that's the beauty of the show. You find yourself empathizing with them before being reminded that these people are hardened criminals who will do anything for money
Amen. He nailed the role and the emotions. I always think of the scene when Tony asked him if he even loved him and you saw Jr tear up and the switch the conversation.
Livia's "dementia" was definitely an act. The rest of those symptoms were just a manifestation of her old age and narcissistic personality. Also, Livia and June are not related, so that wouldn’t really be something that "runs in the family".
Like when Christopher Reeves was in a movie where he faked being paralyzed to get back at his cheating wife or something. Think that was his last movie.
Hiding in the backseat of the car like a small child….A person with Alzheimer’s often will show child-like behaviors, but at the same time, they are not a child.
In season 1 after the failed attempt on Tony's life, Junior asks livia about her sudden forgetfulness and she replies "just you wait, it'll happen to you too". There was plenty of foreshadowing.
Livia and Junior aren't related, so "it runs in the family" would only pertain to Tony. Also, Livia didn't forget who called, it was after dark, she doesnt answer the phone after dark.
I'm sure that the permanent home arrest that Junior had to undergo, contributed greatly to his loss of brain functions. Being forced to live every day watching telenovelas, practically not interacting with humans and having no intellectual challenges nor hope whatsoever, just killed part of him. That's how our bodies work, similar to muscles fading away when they are not used for months. Who knows if, on some level, Junior didn't even care, since the life he had to live for the rest of his days, was so extremely dull and hopeless, that in some way, he escaped from it by "disconnecting" his brain. Even now, during lockdowns in many countries, we could see how even several weeks of lockdown made so many people depressed and suicidal, let alone a lifetime, especially for someone usually so acive and dynamic like a former mafia boss. I always felt that Junior's mental decline was a matter of when, not if.
So true, isolation could be really harmful for these patients. My grandfather suffered from dementia. But when he was admitted in a medical institution, he was in a better environment than in his home. He shows some little progress about his sociability, and even cognition, when we spent time together. During the quarantine, he was always in his room, and had quite never seen the other residents. My family couldn't see him, because only phone calls were allowed. I didn't saw him for two month, and when we met, his dementia had quite worsened. He was more confused, more agitated, more aggressive. So I think that, junior's house arrets could really play a big part in the development of his dementia. Sorry for my poor English, greetings from France.
@@carlesthomas7611 Thanks for sharing this experience with us, I think it applies 100% to what could have happened to Junior's perception. Scientists on prolonged, isolated missions, e.g. to Antarctica and in space, were determined to have diminished significantly their brain performance upon their return, especially in the hippocampus, which was Junior's case too, and they had to recover from it later on. Apparently, experiments on mice also showed that, after just several weeks of isolation, they became more aggressive, fearful and paranoid; it was not clear to cognitive biologists whether this applied the same way to humans, but I think common sense can hint to us the answer.
That last scene with Tony and Junior is my favorite scene of the series. Tony goes in for a business chat with his former boss, only to realize that the man he once loved as much he hated is no longer there. He can’t even remember his family, his little brother, or even the life he lived. Tony shedding a single tear over the “loss” of his uncle is probably his most human moment in the series. I also like to think that the plot around finding Junior’s hidden stash was inspired Al Capone’s supposed treasure. Capone, like Junior, was a top tier guy who lost his life when his brain eventually rotted away. It was said that Capone had hidden stash buried somewhere in the earth, but it was never found.
My grandmother had severe dementia. When she died, I hated myself for not feeling sad, but years later I remembered I had grieved long before she physically died. I remember feeling exactly how Tony would have felt walking away
What's most tragic about Junior is that he didn't have to wind up alone. His pride and fear of his image being tarnished pushed away people like his girlfriend Bobbi who probably would've held his hand through his darkest hour when others turned their backs on him. 🎶 South of the border down Mexico way. South of the border...where the tuna fish play 🎶
What Livia was wearing wasn't a "bath robe", all Italians will tell you that, back in the day, and even today, A LOT of older Italian grandmothers will wear those morning, noon and night. Especially during the summer. My grandmother still wears them all the time... lol
I felt sorry for Tony at first following his being shot by Corrado, but considering how Tony murdered his own nephew he led down a criminal path just because he was afraid of going to jail himself, I took it back.
Chrissy was a liability and junkie who tony gave a second chance ,anyone else would've of been killed instantly and people make it like tony killed him for no reason, Chris wasn't gonna make it
That scene in the finale always gets me. My grandma passed away from ALZ in 2019, and to see it so accurately portrayed gives me goosebumps. When tony says “you don’t remember be do you” and junior give him that look, spine chilling.
My great grandmother had Alzheimer’s. In the middle of winter at night she tried to leave her daughter my great aunts house cause she wanted to go to her old house and she tried to climb the fence but broke her leg. She froze to death. Whenever I watch the episode where Junior goes out on his own and doesn’t realize what’s going on it always hits home for me.
I never liked how Junior was made into a gimp later in the series. He possessed a cool grandfather quality that was obviously underappreciated by most of the younger characters. Junior also had some of the best lines like Phil Leotardo did.
Three months ago, this video helped me recognize the red flags screaming in my face. I've watched it several times since; the "playing catch" transition hits particularly close... My realization prompted talks with others, and three weeks ago we got him the only help we could. It would turn out he had cancer too; and in some ways, the help was too late... My father died this morning; but we were able to do SOMETHING for him before the end. He DID NOT go out in the private hell the dementia had been trying to keep him in. This is immeasurable... We got to make peace with him once we had an answer. You had a hand in that. There aren't words to say "thank you" adequately; but if getting the word out to people truly was this videos primary goal, know that it helped me. Be well.
I've watched the series through different stages of my life. I've watched it when the depression hit me. The then-wife finally convinced me to get on meds because "Tony was on them." I watched it through a divorce hoping my thing would work out. I later had to put the series and the shelf and skip my yearly binge when I got to the part where Junior started to show signs of dementia. Something my mother was doing at the time. The series helped me get what was going on early in the game and get ready. Now that she's passed, I can binge once a year around Christmas.
When I was 26 I had to move in with my grandparents because my grandfather had a condition known as sundowning. He would get confused or violent. It was one of those bittersweet moments when he passed.
My Great Grandmother, who as a baby come off the boat from Sicily, grew up in Bed Stuy 60 years before Biggie was born and lived till the age of 95. God rest her soul. She was the strongest woman I ever knew besides me Ma and I lost my Gma to Alzheimers almost 3 years to this day. And then in April this year my mother died in her sleep... I'm still reeling from all of it. Thank you for your videos because it gives me a welcomed distraction from my everyday woes
Good video. One thing though- saying dementia ran in Junior's family tree and mentioning Livia having it isn't a good example. The 2 of them aren't blood relatives. I also think Livia didn't have dementia, and was playing it up. She was shifty like that. I loved Uncle June. My favorite character by far of the series!
As violent and sometimes brutal some of the scenes in this show are, Junior starting to slip with dementia might've been the scariest part of the show to me. It's so real and frightening especially when I have a grandfather who's starting to show similar signs.
The scene with her and Tony was just showing how difficult Livia can be. Saying she wants things but then decides she doesn't, won't answer calls after dark but constantly complains know one cares about her and so on. And who doesn't have a Grandmother who's always trying to feed you after you said you already ate.
I still believe Junior was acting-much like the real gangster in Manhattan (the guy who walked around NYC in a bathrobe and pajamas, muttering to himself.)
Correction @ 4:35 It stated in the video that Livia showing up at Tony's house asking about her late sister was more of her dementia. This is not so. Although Livia was having early signs of dementia, she wasn't yet that far gone. She was faking it in order to cover up the fact that she convinced Junior to kill Tony. Much the same way Junior faked senility in order to get out of sentencing in court.
One of my grandpas passed away from dementia back in January, 2018 and it was the first death that I had experienced in my life and it was so heartbreaking. This video hits home for me aswell 😔 Great Video.
Junior was always an adult. He didn't "mature" into anything. Also, Livia never had dementia. It was an act that shows nothing. Tony's behavior isn't a symptom of the disease.
@@SopranoTheories Livia 100% acted like she had dementia. It was clearly laid out in the storyline and I'm surprised that you really don't seem to see it.
It's so crazy how much James Gandolfini's son looks like him. *Especially when he gets that dead eye look, like Tony.* 👁 👁 So excited for Many Saints of Newark, who doesn't love added context to the show of their obsession? 😙
Thoughts for you and your Nonno. What a meaningful way to tie it in to reality. My nana also suffered dementia in the end, and was placed in a facility. The way you described the facility being just like Junior’s mind-dirty and empty, was disturbingly accurate and I had never made that connection of why I hated it so much. Thank you for tying this video to your family and something so precious and meaningful.
My Grandma passed away from dementia last year at 93 as well. She wasn't herself at all toward the end but she still somehow managed to remember my face every time I saw her and she never stopped saying kind and gentle things to me, even when I knew she didn't really understand what was happening around her. I can only hope I'm that brave if the same thing ever happens to me.
Great video. You don't show the scene where Junior very reluctantly accepts that he has to feign dementia. His fate is especially tragic because he constantly worried about being "a source of amusement," like his brother Ercoli, and remained ruthless while dismissing "human interaction." At the end, he can't maintain what he thought was the source of his dignity, and what really matters are the fleeting memories of human interaction.
My grandfather had vascular dementia, it's was a rough 3 years for him and for all of us in the family. He was terrified of nursing homes so we all chipped in to take care of him at home, and that is where he died... in the home he built himself... in his sleep. Exactly how he wanted.
My mother has dementia. She was a sharp, no-nonsense lady who ran a business with my father. They were like their own little titans of industry. Put 4 brats through college and bought a house. Now my dads passed and I’m having more and more Uncle June moments with my mom. Tough stuff.
My father had dementia since I was 11 he recently died from it last year, and I can say the signs that Olivia and uncle jr show are almost 100 percent how a person with dementia would act
dementia scares me, ive personally had a medical condition when i was younger that caused confusion, memory loss, and other things like that, and only after it had cleared years later did i realize how messed up it all was. imagine that small window when you wake up in an unfamiliar place, that 5 second window were you dont quite recognize anything and you cant get your mind to focus on what you looking at/thinking of, its that, non stop
Yep, I'm in for it. My dad and his dad got it bad. My shirt term memory is getting really bad. I'll put my phone down then 5 seconds later I can't find it. I've been "losing" things and then finding them a month later. Definitely scary.
The dementia wasn’t an inherited trait in the Soprano family: it was all that charcoal-broiled meat those people ate. Of course, nobody told them until the 80’s.
Livia didn’t say she didn’t remember who called her in the pilot episode, she said “someone called after dark” and that she didn’t answer because it was dark out. And all that stuff about her looking for someone else and forgetting meadow, that was all because she orchestrated the hit on Tony and started “conveniently” forgetting things.
My father’s mother succumbed to Alzheimer’s. Looking back, since I was just a little boy, it’s hard to remember her but I remember her sons and the toll it took on them. Dad couldn’t bear to see her wither away like that, and for years she existed without any motor function or consciousness. His dad couldn’t bear to let her die, said it’d be “giving up on her.” They didn’t speak for years after that, and they loved each other. That’s what gets me, is knowing my father and his father, the two were almost destroyed by what that disease did to her.
she didn't forget who called. she said she doesn't answer the phone after dark and all italian moms will try to feed you regardless of how much you already ate
My grandma had Alzheimer's. We kept her at her house n took care of her as long as we could but eventually it became impossible as she needed 24 hour monitoring. She would walk out of her house and wander down the street and become lost, we had to go searching multiple times for her finding her one time in the school near her house about 1 block down the Rd from the house shed lived in for 60+ years. She had no clue where she was or that her house was only a 2 minute walk away. Sad to see the mind go like that and they forget who you are when you see em every day
You have my humble appreciation and thanks for this video. Not only for the fandom of The sopranos but for the shining little light of Alzheimer's dementia. I lost my father to the disease 10 years ago and we were very close. Fast forward now currently my mother is going through the element of dementia. I take care of her full-time and I'm looking forward to trying to make the most of the situation with as much comfort and understanding. I'm looking forward to more of your videos and thank you again for your human heart and empathy.
The only word to describe Dominic Chianese's performance is Magnificent. And thank you for the clinical Alzheimers and Dememtia. It is the nastiest thing that can happen to someone. I would not wish it on anyone. No matter what.
Realising that thee Vasity Athlete joke wasn't actually a running gag but instead a side effect of Junior's dimentia was one of the heaviest things in the show.
I work in nursing and all I can say is that his portrayal of dementia is chilling. He NAILS IT. For me, it's especially the repeating questions. Just today, I cooked eggs for this old fella. It's so tragic; 1 year ago, he was still eccentric, but I talked shit with him and he was funny and stuff, but eventually, he has degraded. BADLY. I boiled four eggs for him, he requested it, and after he asked for me to boil them, he forgot it 30 seconds after. When they were finished, he kept asking how I boiled them in the microwave. I told him that I boiled them on the stove. He kept repeating how he was amazed that I cooked them in the microwave (don't fucking boil eggs in the microwave, lmao) I'm not gonna rant on for too long, but this portrayal should definitely win an Emmy, I've seen so many people degrade like this, and it's always so tragic. Great video! Peace to you and your NoNo.
My grandpa has had Alzheimer’s 5-6 years now he lived with us for a year and he moved to a nursing home in July and yeah it’s really like that I enjoyed watching Uncle Junior so much cause he reminded me of my grandpa he likes westerns tho and watched them everyday for the past 5-10 years he’d be talking bout wild stuff sometimes then he’d be really messed up and confused. He might cry for his mom which I think he thinks is his wife which is my nanny.
Sorry for your loss. You did her proud with this video. Dominic Chianese taking out his teeth made his transformation all the more visible, believable and poignant. It reminded me of Walter Huston doing the same for his definitely NOT demented character in "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
Good vid!! One thing though, Junior and Livia both having Alzheimer's can't be due to the disease "running in the Sopranos family" as they are not related.
I get what you’re saying but I read an article that said possibly the lifestyle two people live and the food that they eat could lead to Alzheimer’s. My Nonno had it and my Nonna, despite both not coming from the same generic family tree.
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In memory of Nonno Gingi, Rest In Peace ♥️
Condolences for the loss of Nonno.
Well done you
Hey man i watched the many saints last night and it completely flopped imo. The plot is nonsensical. Casting is rubbish, they shit on junior (who suddenly has broad shoulders, nose and hairy chest) he basically is a clown in this. Silv wont shut up, which is nothing like the silv we all know. And tony is a shy timid soft spoken geek with very little involvement in the film its all just random scenes of random people doing stuff we aren't really sure why or what the point of this is. Its basically a long episode of a new show, that you dont really care about until maybe it gets better by the end of the series. Nonsensical plot! Decent sound track throughout but thats not enough to save a shit show. Really disappointed, glad i snuck in to cinema because i would feel bad paying to watch my favourite show get shit on!!
Glad you linked to the donation
My mother just died in June of this year at the age of 91. She was showing a lot of the signs of dementia, not recognizing peoples faces not remembering who was who, etc. The portrayal of uncle Junior here is very close to my mother in a lot of ways just that she died before she got to the need for institutionalization. I thank you for putting this together as it really does show how the Sopranos Handled this issue with a lot of dignity I think
Man, Junior's descent into dementia was one of the most brutal side-stories of the series, a character so alive and vibrant being reduced to a raisin was really hard to watch, Dominic Chianese is an amazing actor
I don't know the man is probably responsible of at least 20-40 murders by the time Alzheimer's kicks in and countless other crimes. There's only so much sympathy you can have for any of these guys especially as the series goes on and we see more and more just how twisted they are.
@@sakketin No I agree with you, but it's the power of narrative that makes you look at a decaying human at face value and not for his past
The scene with him rubbing the cat 😿 and not the kind he wud have liked to rub either 😀
@@sakketin I think that's the beauty of the show. You find yourself empathizing with them before being reminded that these people are hardened criminals who will do anything for money
@@sakketin When you put it that way the characters sound one dimensional
Not enough can be said about Dominic Chianese. True masterclass in acting.
You hear the one about the Chianese Godfather?
Amen. He nailed the role and the emotions. I always think of the scene when Tony asked him if he even loved him and you saw Jr tear up and the switch the conversation.
His acting had the makings of a varsity Athlete that’s for sure
@@lastEvergreen Who's that speaking here? Is somebody speaking
@@lastEvergreen I forgot it....
Livia's "dementia" was definitely an act. The rest of those symptoms were just a manifestation of her old age and narcissistic personality. Also, Livia and June are not related, so that wouldn’t really be something that "runs in the family".
Yeah pretty big oversight considering this dude eat sleeps and shits the sopranos.
was about to say the same!
Good point. Livia’s problem was that she loved her meat. Full of fat and nitrates.
yeah this video was almost a bit cringe because of this fact lolol
Correct. The guy who runs this channel is a bit autistic if we're being honest.
I think him faking Alzheimer’s led to him actually kick starting his Alzheimer’s
Like when Christopher Reeves was in a movie where he faked being paralyzed to get back at his cheating wife or something. Think that was his last movie.
facts
He mentions someone dying of Alzheimer’s early on in the show ….. foreboding
Hiding in the backseat of the car like a small child….A person with Alzheimer’s often will show child-like behaviors, but at the same time, they are not a child.
I think it was when he saw Allison on the courthouse steps and got knocked down by the microphone
In season 1 after the failed attempt on Tony's life, Junior asks livia about her sudden forgetfulness and she replies "just you wait, it'll happen to you too". There was plenty of foreshadowing.
Livia and Junior aren't related, so "it runs in the family" would only pertain to Tony. Also, Livia didn't forget who called, it was after dark, she doesnt answer the phone after dark.
Feels like he had to pad the video....
I waa thinking the sane. She also never answered the call. It was after dark so she couldn't forget who it was
Junior was Tony's blood uncle. It's Tony's dad's brother buddy. Family
They are both blood related to tony, though not each other. So it's runs in the family, from both sides
@@thebluch which would be useless to bring up in a video about juniors dementia
Dude, how can you call yourself a soprano channel but the actually believe Livia has dementia in season one, she was obviously faking it there
Bro also said dementia runs in the soprano family tree. Junior and Livia are not related by blood
I cried reading the comments section, and Phil Leotardo's respect for me as a man plummeted.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
C'mon Scott. Even Cinderella didn’t cry!
The only permissible tears are those shed for his baby brother. Just a kid, only 47 years old!
You’re a goddamned hothouse flower, that’s your problem
@@Ontonaut Quasimodo predicted this
I'm sure that the permanent home arrest that Junior had to undergo, contributed greatly to his loss of brain functions. Being forced to live every day watching telenovelas, practically not interacting with humans and having no intellectual challenges nor hope whatsoever, just killed part of him. That's how our bodies work, similar to muscles fading away when they are not used for months. Who knows if, on some level, Junior didn't even care, since the life he had to live for the rest of his days, was so extremely dull and hopeless, that in some way, he escaped from it by "disconnecting" his brain. Even now, during lockdowns in many countries, we could see how even several weeks of lockdown made so many people depressed and suicidal, let alone a lifetime, especially for someone usually so acive and dynamic like a former mafia boss. I always felt that Junior's mental decline was a matter of when, not if.
I agree! The permanent house arrest for Junior was like a death penalty.
So true, isolation could be really harmful for these patients. My grandfather suffered from dementia. But when he was admitted in a medical institution, he was in a better environment than in his home. He shows some little progress about his sociability, and even cognition, when we spent time together. During the quarantine, he was always in his room, and had quite never seen the other residents. My family couldn't see him, because only phone calls were allowed. I didn't saw him for two month, and when we met, his dementia had quite worsened. He was more confused, more agitated, more aggressive. So I think that, junior's house arrets could really play a big part in the development of his dementia. Sorry for my poor English, greetings from France.
@@carlesthomas7611 Thanks for sharing this experience with us, I think it applies 100% to what could have happened to Junior's perception.
Scientists on prolonged, isolated missions, e.g. to Antarctica and in space, were determined to have diminished significantly their brain performance upon their return, especially in the hippocampus, which was Junior's case too, and they had to recover from it later on.
Apparently, experiments on mice also showed that, after just several weeks of isolation, they became more aggressive, fearful and paranoid; it was not clear to cognitive biologists whether this applied the same way to humans, but I think common sense can hint to us the answer.
Imagine how many people have gone insane during lockdowns
@@garbageFreeFall I am starting to consider myself one of those people.
That last scene with Tony and Junior is my favorite scene of the series. Tony goes in for a business chat with his former boss, only to realize that the man he once loved as much he hated is no longer there. He can’t even remember his family, his little brother, or even the life he lived. Tony shedding a single tear over the “loss” of his uncle is probably his most human moment in the series.
I also like to think that the plot around finding Junior’s hidden stash was inspired Al Capone’s supposed treasure. Capone, like Junior, was a top tier guy who lost his life when his brain eventually rotted away. It was said that Capone had hidden stash buried somewhere in the earth, but it was never found.
My grandmother had severe dementia. When she died, I hated myself for not feeling sad, but years later I remembered I had grieved long before she physically died. I remember feeling exactly how Tony would have felt walking away
@@sureokkMy grandmother was the same. It honestly became painful to spend any time with her because she would ask the same questions over and over…
What's most tragic about Junior is that he didn't have to wind up alone. His pride and fear of his image being tarnished pushed away people like his girlfriend Bobbi who probably would've held his hand through his darkest hour when others turned their backs on him.
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still tho she went telling her friends about junior eating 🐱 lucky he didn’t get whacked for being a ‘fanook’ 😂
@@chiefkeef6405 probably cus all them know they do it too 😂
I love how it went from “why can’t you repeat something nice? Don’t you love me?” To only remembering they used to play catch together.
Looking forward to seeing Junior in his prime in the Many Saints of Newark
Insert varsity athlete joke
I’m looking forward to Johnnyboy soprano
The actor has blue eyes and Junior has brown eyes, he didn't seem to be wearing brown contacts in the trailer... Strange
@@mr.rosenberg9047 eh suspend that disbelief brah lol
@@jbo4547 It's kind of a major thing
I still cant get over the audacity of Christapha being high during Tony's muddah's wake....his muddahs wake
"Jesus Christ" 😂
What Livia was wearing wasn't a "bath robe", all Italians will tell you that, back in the day, and even today, A LOT of older Italian grandmothers will wear those morning, noon and night. Especially during the summer. My grandmother still wears them all the time... lol
I felt sorry for Tony at first following his being shot by Corrado, but considering how Tony murdered his own nephew he led down a criminal path just because he was afraid of going to jail himself, I took it back.
I wanted him to die after he went back on promising not to cheat on Carmela
I wanted junior to kill him
@@mikefloyd3152 THATS your line in the sand?
Chrissy was a liability and junkie who tony gave a second chance ,anyone else would've of been killed instantly and people make it like tony killed him for no reason, Chris wasn't gonna make it
@@mikefloyd3152 did u actually believe he wasn't gonna cheat again lmaoo
That scene in the finale always gets me. My grandma passed away from ALZ in 2019, and to see it so accurately portrayed gives me goosebumps. When tony says “you don’t remember be do you” and junior give him that look, spine chilling.
My great grandmother had Alzheimer’s. In the middle of winter at night she tried to leave her daughter my great aunts house cause she wanted to go to her old house and she tried to climb the fence but broke her leg. She froze to death. Whenever I watch the episode where Junior goes out on his own and doesn’t realize what’s going on it always hits home for me.
@June Bug Yes
I’m sorry for your loss
I never liked how Junior was made into a gimp later in the series. He possessed a cool grandfather quality that was obviously underappreciated by most of the younger characters. Junior also had some of the best lines like Phil Leotardo did.
Three months ago, this video helped me recognize the red flags screaming in my face. I've watched it several times since; the "playing catch" transition hits particularly close...
My realization prompted talks with others, and three weeks ago we got him the only help we could. It would turn out he had cancer too; and in some ways, the help was too late... My father died this morning; but we were able to do SOMETHING for him before the end. He DID NOT go out in the private hell the dementia had been trying to keep him in.
This is immeasurable... We got to make peace with him once we had an answer.
You had a hand in that.
There aren't words to say "thank you" adequately; but if getting the word out to people truly was this videos primary goal, know that it helped me.
Be well.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m happy you were able to do what you could for your Dad. Sending love and condolences to you and your family.
@@bornimusic Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
Junior is probably one of my favorite characters
Mr Magoo over here
Probably? Vague comment
He never had the makings of a varsity athlete
I've watched the series through different stages of my life. I've watched it when the depression hit me. The then-wife finally convinced me to get on meds because "Tony was on them." I watched it through a divorce hoping my thing would work out.
I later had to put the series and the shelf and skip my yearly binge when I got to the part where Junior started to show signs of dementia. Something my mother was doing at the time. The series helped me get what was going on early in the game and get ready.
Now that she's passed, I can binge once a year around Christmas.
When I was 26 I had to move in with my grandparents because my grandfather had a condition known as sundowning. He would get confused or violent. It was one of those bittersweet moments when he passed.
My Great Grandmother, who as a baby come off the boat from Sicily, grew up in Bed Stuy 60 years before Biggie was born and lived till the age of 95. God rest her soul. She was the strongest woman I ever knew besides me Ma and I lost my Gma to Alzheimers almost 3 years to this day. And then in April this year my mother died in her sleep... I'm still reeling from all of it. Thank you for your videos because it gives me a welcomed distraction from my everyday woes
Sorry for your loss.
Dementia does not run in the family. Oliver and junior are not related by blood
EXACTLY what I was going to say
I think he meant runs in the family for Tony because they are both related to Tony
@@josephwagner7548 In order to prove dementia runs in Tony’s family, there has to be more than one person inflicted along the same bloodline.
@@hiddengems7518 his mom and uncle aren't enough?
Who’s Oliver?
Playing catch with Tony being one of the few things he held on to in his dementia says a lot about his decision to kill him on Livia's advice
Good video. One thing though- saying dementia ran in Junior's family tree and mentioning Livia having it isn't a good example. The 2 of them aren't blood relatives. I also think Livia didn't have dementia, and was playing it up. She was shifty like that. I loved Uncle June. My favorite character by far of the series!
Tony: "do you even remember me?"
Uncle Jun: "I would if you were a varsity athlete goddamit"
As violent and sometimes brutal some of the scenes in this show are, Junior starting to slip with dementia might've been the scariest part of the show to me. It's so real and frightening especially when I have a grandfather who's starting to show similar signs.
The scene with her and Tony was just showing how difficult Livia can be. Saying she wants things but then decides she doesn't, won't answer calls after dark but constantly complains know one cares about her and so on. And who doesn't have a Grandmother who's always trying to feed you after you said you already ate.
Jimmy 2 Times in his old age never forgot about Uncle Junior, never forgot about...
I loved how Jun was first using dementia as a tool then he actually got it.
I still believe Junior was acting-much like the real gangster in Manhattan (the guy who walked around NYC in a bathrobe and pajamas, muttering to himself.)
@@genekelly8467 The Chin
Correction @ 4:35 It stated in the video that Livia showing up at Tony's house asking about her late sister was more of her dementia. This is not so. Although Livia was having early signs of dementia, she wasn't yet that far gone. She was faking it in order to cover up the fact that she convinced Junior to kill Tony.
Much the same way Junior faked senility in order to get out of sentencing in court.
One of my grandpas passed away from dementia back in January, 2018 and it was the first death that I had experienced in my life and it was so heartbreaking. This video hits home for me aswell 😔 Great Video.
Junior was always an adult. He didn't "mature" into anything. Also, Livia never had dementia. It was an act that shows nothing. Tony's behavior isn't a symptom of the disease.
This video is chock full of misunderstanding about what's happening on screen.
Agree with what you say about Livia.
Sure Junior doesn’t mature into an adult but he ages and can barely remember his own name. Livia 100% had dementia.
@@SopranoTheories Livia 100% acted like she had dementia. It was clearly laid out in the storyline and I'm surprised that you really don't seem to see it.
I'm on my first full rewatch of the sopranos after just finishing the show. I'm convinced Livia did not have any mental impairments.
It's so crazy how much James Gandolfini's son looks like him. *Especially when he gets that dead eye look, like Tony.* 👁 👁
So excited for Many Saints of Newark, who doesn't love added context to the show of their obsession? 😙
A young Paulie walnuts is gonna be epic....
Gandolfini's son is the heir that Tony really deserved.
@@RavensAgenda1 did you hear what I said? Gandolfini's son is the heir that Tony really deserved. Heheh
You want him??
@Miki Miyazaki I actually didn't notice that he even looked like him at all until the dead eyes hit, idk.
Uncle June was one of the best combined written and acted characters ever. He was always in the middle of things until the end.
Funny how he always feared death but in the end he didn't know what that fear was
Thoughts for you and your Nonno. What a meaningful way to tie it in to reality. My nana also suffered dementia in the end, and was placed in a facility. The way you described the facility being just like Junior’s mind-dirty and empty, was disturbingly accurate and I had never made that connection of why I hated it so much.
Thank you for tying this video to your family and something so precious and meaningful.
My Grandma passed away from dementia last year at 93 as well. She wasn't herself at all toward the end but she still somehow managed to remember my face every time I saw her and she never stopped saying kind and gentle things to me, even when I knew she didn't really understand what was happening around her.
I can only hope I'm that brave if the same thing ever happens to me.
My grandpa had Alzheimers and I can tell you Domenic Chianesi's performance is steller in it's accuracy.
Great video. You don't show the scene where Junior very reluctantly accepts that he has to feign dementia. His fate is especially tragic because he constantly worried about being "a source of amusement," like his brother Ercoli, and remained ruthless while dismissing "human interaction." At the end, he can't maintain what he thought was the source of his dignity, and what really matters are the fleeting memories of human interaction.
With Olivia they made it clear that she was doing it all as an act. She was definitely crazy and could’ve had little signs. Junior tho, his was real.
My grandfather had vascular dementia, it's was a rough 3 years for him and for all of us in the family. He was terrified of nursing homes so we all chipped in to take care of him at home, and that is where he died... in the home he built himself... in his sleep. Exactly how he wanted.
That very last scene between Tony and Junior is brilliant. One of my favourite scenes from the whole series!
My mother has dementia. She was a sharp, no-nonsense lady who ran a business with my father. They were like their own little titans of industry. Put 4 brats through college and bought a house. Now my dads passed and I’m having more and more Uncle June moments with my mom. Tough stuff.
Well done video, man. My grandmother was kinda like Junior in her old age. So sad to see happen to anyone.
I'm glad you ended up doing this video topic!
My father had dementia since I was 11 he recently died from it last year, and I can say the signs that Olivia and uncle jr show are almost 100 percent how a person with dementia would act
dementia scares me, ive personally had a medical condition when i was younger that caused confusion, memory loss, and other things like that, and only after it had cleared years later did i realize how messed up it all was. imagine that small window when you wake up in an unfamiliar place, that 5 second window were you dont quite recognize anything and you cant get your mind to focus on what you looking at/thinking of, its that, non stop
Yep, I'm in for it. My dad and his dad got it bad. My shirt term memory is getting really bad. I'll put my phone down then 5 seconds later I can't find it. I've been "losing" things and then finding them a month later. Definitely scary.
The dementia wasn’t an inherited trait in the Soprano family: it was all that charcoal-broiled meat those people ate.
Of course, nobody told them until the 80’s.
Amazing content yet again and a noble message. Keep up the goodwork lad.
Thanks for bringing to light scenes that reflect the sufferings of people and their families misunderstandings of Alzheimers.
Livia didn’t say she didn’t remember who called her in the pilot episode, she said “someone called after dark” and that she didn’t answer because it was dark out.
And all that stuff about her looking for someone else and forgetting meadow, that was all because she orchestrated the hit on Tony and started “conveniently” forgetting things.
My father died of dementia. It’s a tragic disease. The depiction of it in the Sopranos was very good.
My father’s mother succumbed to Alzheimer’s. Looking back, since I was just a little boy, it’s hard to remember her but I remember her sons and the toll it took on them. Dad couldn’t bear to see her wither away like that, and for years she existed without any motor function or consciousness. His dad couldn’t bear to let her die, said it’d be “giving up on her.” They didn’t speak for years after that, and they loved each other. That’s what gets me, is knowing my father and his father, the two were almost destroyed by what that disease did to her.
5:46 I never knew that Lori Lightfoot was in the sopranos 😮
😂😂😂😂
she didn't forget who called. she said she doesn't answer the phone after dark and all italian moms will try to feed you regardless of how much you already ate
My grandma had Alzheimer's. We kept her at her house n took care of her as long as we could but eventually it became impossible as she needed 24 hour monitoring. She would walk out of her house and wander down the street and become lost, we had to go searching multiple times for her finding her one time in the school near her house about 1 block down the Rd from the house shed lived in for 60+ years. She had no clue where she was or that her house was only a 2 minute walk away. Sad to see the mind go like that and they forget who you are when you see em every day
His mom legitimately made me want to scream whenever she was on the screen.
A very, very amazing actor to be able to be THAT annoying.
I'm gonna be bummed out if they don't have a scene of junior and Tony playing catch in many saints
You have my humble appreciation and thanks for this video. Not only for the fandom of The sopranos but for the shining little light of Alzheimer's dementia. I lost my father to the disease 10 years ago and we were very close. Fast forward now currently my mother is going through the element of dementia. I take care of her full-time and I'm looking forward to trying to make the most of the situation with as much comfort and understanding. I'm looking forward to more of your videos and thank you again for your human heart and empathy.
Livia was not related to Junior by blood, only by marriage.
Probably my favourite character. He certainly had the most of the best lines.
Livia and Jr were related by marriage, so the "runs in the family" bit doesn't really work. Great vid though
I think he's referring to Tony. Jr was his uncle and Liv was his mom.
Thanks for posting. Great video. Good to highlight the terrible condition Dementia is.
The only word to describe Dominic Chianese's performance is Magnificent. And thank you for the clinical Alzheimers and Dememtia. It is the nastiest thing that can happen to someone. I would not wish it on anyone. No matter what.
Thanks! I am a big fan of the show - I binge watch it often and look for analysis like this.
Realising that thee Vasity Athlete joke wasn't actually a running gag but instead a side effect of Junior's dimentia was one of the heaviest things in the show.
“$40,000 I had, from my Bohacks haul in the 70s.”
Did you wrap it right?
Moles...you got em in your yard too?
When you hear that intro tune....you know what's up... On junior.... I think he just lost his mind and finally cracked. #PUSSMALENGA
First watched the Sopranos while my grandpa was living with us, and Junior shows off the Alzheimer’s way better than Olivia did imo
Thats kind of sweet that the one thing Junior remembers is playing catch with Tony. That shows how much those memories meant to him.
Would've been sick if after Tony got killed, jnr rocked out of there in a three piece suit with a crew outside saying, "hello Godfather"
I kinda wish that Uncle Junior had not had dementia. He was one of the most entertaining parts of The Sopranos. I missed all the one liners
Hey Sopranos Theorist here's one for you. At 8.43 I think mayor Lori Lightfoot plays a cameo role. You can see the beetlejuice resemblance
Well worth the wait. Beautiful work.
At least we know Junior used to get his hands dirty😂
I work in nursing and all I can say is that his portrayal of dementia is chilling. He NAILS IT. For me, it's especially the repeating questions. Just today, I cooked eggs for this old fella. It's so tragic; 1 year ago, he was still eccentric, but I talked shit with him and he was funny and stuff, but eventually, he has degraded. BADLY.
I boiled four eggs for him, he requested it, and after he asked for me to boil them, he forgot it 30 seconds after. When they were finished, he kept asking how I boiled them in the microwave. I told him that I boiled them on the stove. He kept repeating how he was amazed that I cooked them in the microwave (don't fucking boil eggs in the microwave, lmao)
I'm not gonna rant on for too long, but this portrayal should definitely win an Emmy, I've seen so many people degrade like this, and it's always so tragic. Great video!
Peace to you and your NoNo.
Do alzheimers patients think the mailman is a spy?
Thanks for treating the people you work with with respect.
He thought him and Bobby were on Curb Ur Enthusiasm . I should not laugh but lmao
If the X-Files and the sopranos were to come together, it'd be a government conspiracy that led to Jr's dementia.
I like it
How didn't Tony realize that Junior didn't actually mean to shoot him?😞
Yeah...it's weird! I mean it's obvious in so many occasions that Junior has Alzheimer's.
The SoCal accent is strong with this one
What's so bad about wearing a bathrobe in the middle of the day lmao I feel attacked
My grandpa has had Alzheimer’s 5-6 years now he lived with us for a year and he moved to a nursing home in July and yeah it’s really like that I enjoyed watching Uncle Junior so much cause he reminded me of my grandpa he likes westerns tho and watched them everyday for the past 5-10 years he’d be talking bout wild stuff sometimes then he’d be really messed up and confused. He might cry for his mom which I think he thinks is his wife which is my nanny.
Uncle Jun is my favourite character in the show. Fantastic. 'Go shit in your hat'.🤣
You left out the scene/sign of dementia where Jr calls Tony B …Tony Egg…
“Make my nephew an Egg…”.
“You told me already …he doesn’t want one”
"These Prarie Dogs.....They sleep during the day."
Sorry for your loss. You did her proud with this video.
Dominic Chianese taking out his teeth made his transformation all the more visible, believable and poignant. It reminded me of Walter Huston doing the same for his definitely NOT demented character in "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
“The tipping point to release the Alzheimer’s in his brain”
Lmao
11:22 - Everywhere At The End Of Time entered the chat.
Great video, myself and a good friend have family who are battling this disease.
Junior’s biggest strength was always his intelligence, so it’s definitely some type of poetic justice that he’s the one to develop dementia
Good vid!! One thing though, Junior and Livia both having Alzheimer's can't be due to the disease "running in the Sopranos family" as they are not related.
I get what you’re saying but I read an article that said possibly the lifestyle two people live and the food that they eat could lead to Alzheimer’s. My Nonno had it and my Nonna, despite both not coming from the same generic family tree.
well done uploader and well narrated
"we used to play catch" makes me tear up every time
man wore a suit to an over-the-phone sitdown
The pain in his voice and expression when he tells Livia he HAS to order the hit on Tony, that's great acting you dont see today.
Its crazy because someone you have known all your life becomes a different person so in the beginning its really difficult to deal with
Great video thank you