The Sopranos: Was Ralph The Devil?

2023 ж. 8 Қаз.
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  • Joe Pantoliano once said that Ralphie was a character that you didn't love to hate but hate to love.

    @ankitmustafi7795@ankitmustafi77957 ай бұрын
    • I love to love him. At least he's honest about himself being a degenerate mobster, and having a little fun along the way Also he's just fun to watch, way funnier than supposed-to-be-a-comic-relief Paulie

      @_zigger_@_zigger_7 ай бұрын
    • Was so mad he got killed off so early

      @jayyy1677@jayyy16777 ай бұрын
    • Joey Pants.

      @Maw0@Maw07 ай бұрын
    • ​@@Maw0Joey Pants has been one of the best cinema villains out there

      @gregoryporch8395@gregoryporch83957 ай бұрын
    • True

      @user-wf9ui8mi8w@user-wf9ui8mi8w7 ай бұрын
  • Another Ralph as the Devil note: traditionally the Devil can't make you do something bad, but he can temp you into it. That's exactly what happened with Jackie Jr., Ralph didn't make him rob the card game but he planted the idea and Jackie went through with it.

    @Phil_Burton@Phil_Burton7 ай бұрын
    • Very observant.The sacred and the propane.

      @RAD1111able@RAD1111able7 ай бұрын
    • No, traditional ancient mysteries believed Lucifer as an allegory of mankind foisting itself from the innocence of the bondage of ignorance wherein we lived in harmony with nature. "Lucifer, oh morning star (God's Sun); Jesus, oh morning star (God's Son)". And through knowledge(of good and evil) we too would become like God and no longer remain in the Garden of Eden(living with nature as animals). Demons, Lakes of Fire, Devil, Satan; all came from hysteria & imagination within Dante's Inferno & the Church's exuberance to use graven images to control the masses. There's more to it...but no Ralphie was not a source of illumination upon which a pilgrimage can be sought after to gain wisdom, intellect, and adept esoteric knowledge. So Ralphie is not "the Devil". 🤣

      @nighthawkviper6791@nighthawkviper67917 ай бұрын
    • That relates to almost anybody

      @The_Bigot@The_Bigot7 ай бұрын
    • Hes not the devil and Christoher wasn't narrating from hell...that line was just a reference to the TV show.

      @MrDeano-eu9rg@MrDeano-eu9rg7 ай бұрын
    • @@MrDeano-eu9rg I dont know how you could watch the opening to Many Saints and come away with the idea that its anything BUT Chris narrating from hell. Thats exactly what he says.

      @jamesmaybrick2001@jamesmaybrick20017 ай бұрын
  • Ralph prank calling Paulie Walnuts mom is the best scene 😂

    @ScoundrelSFB@ScoundrelSFB7 ай бұрын
    • 👍👍 LMAO 😂😂

      @crabbyj@crabbyj3 ай бұрын
    • “Do you have a son, Peter Paul?” made me wanna see him in a full comedy movie

      @oneiromancer9198@oneiromancer91983 ай бұрын
    • 😁

      @earlpipe9713@earlpipe97133 ай бұрын
    • CLASSIC

      @XxGlaciersOfIcexX@XxGlaciersOfIcexX2 ай бұрын
    • Yeah that's the only tyme I liked Paulie...

      @malikkimanimaasai3703@malikkimanimaasai37032 ай бұрын
  • Also it’s worth noting that two of Ralph’s actions contributed greatly to the downfall of Tony and the Soprano/Dimeo family - the killing of Tracee (leading to the killing of Ralph, leading to dysentery in the ranks) and the Ginny Sack joke, hurting relations with New York

    @artvandelay94@artvandelay947 ай бұрын
    • He didn't have to kill Ralph though, Tony knew the rules of being a made man, that downfall is on him

      @bgdojo@bgdojo7 ай бұрын
    • I think you mean dissent in the ranks, not a general lack of vitamin C in the Jersey crew

      @minnumseerrund@minnumseerrund7 ай бұрын
    • @@bgdojo What consequences came of killing Ralph? Sure the loss in money but I can't remember anything specific idk, I don't remember anyone really being on his side

      @zumis1011@zumis10117 ай бұрын
    • ​@@minnumseerrundI was wondering if that was a little carmine joke.

      @mike902@mike9027 ай бұрын
    • @@mike902 it's a christopher one. He said it to Tony.

      @genericwhitemale9566@genericwhitemale95667 ай бұрын
  • Tony and Silvio admired Tracee's figure as she walked away from them. Silvio comments, "She's a real thoroughbred', linking Tracee to Pie-O-My.

    @mortygoldmacher@mortygoldmacher7 ай бұрын
    • I thought about that about tge third rewatch just a couple days ago. And that dream sequence where he’s having sex w Charmaine

      @YourGrace_06@YourGrace_062 ай бұрын
    • That's a good spot I didn't pick that up before

      @kronictonic@kronictonicАй бұрын
  • Another fun detail about Ralph: Tony might feel guilty about killing him when he was on a road to redemption, as he dreams of Ralph with a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, something Melfi believe symbolizes change.

    @yggdrasil2@yggdrasil27 ай бұрын
    • holy crap i never thought abt it like that. i really don’t think he burnt the stable down.

      @isaacmorales1419@isaacmorales14193 ай бұрын
    • ​@@isaacmorales1419for some reason I don't think he burnt it down either. Just the way he reacts

      @megaboner690@megaboner6902 ай бұрын
    • ​​@@isaacmorales1419 It was confirmed by the showrunners that it was Ralphie who burned the stables down for the insurance money, though the actor for Ralph was never told who started the fire, so his reaction would have been genuine

      @ceedee873@ceedee8732 ай бұрын
    • i think it's pretty important though that the specific species is a death's head hawk moth, the same species used in silence of the lambs. while Ralph is sitting next to Carmella, with rosary beads hanging on the mirror, talking to her and adjusting the tune of the radio to the (good) news, the radio outputs gunfire, screaming, explosions and sirens, which seems more like hell.

      @Headspr0uter@Headspr0uterАй бұрын
  • I know David Chase put in a lot of subliminal reference to Ralph being a devil. But I just don't see how Ralph is any worse than Tony or Paulie or any of the rest of them.

    @blimy01maynard30@blimy01maynard307 ай бұрын
    • I couldn't agree more, especially when you compare Ralph to Tony himself. I mean he's not a hypocrite about being a piece of shit and accepts whereas people like Tony try to justify themselves when they do equally heinous stuff. It's hard to tell if Ralph had true remorse about everything after his sons hospitalization but still.

      @sebbyq4064@sebbyq40647 ай бұрын
    • None of them were "good", hence the fact that they were all fucked one way or the other in the end

      @stonedage5087@stonedage50877 ай бұрын
    • With most characters, you see them as humans with some evil traits. With Ralph, you see him as pure evil in a human body. It's not until after his son is critically injured that you see that Ralph is human as well. I think the point of Ralph's tiny redemption arc is to show that he wasn't really different from the rest of the mobsters even though we may have seen him as being worse somehow. Remember, Tony threatened and probably would have had Gloria killed for basically the reason Ralph killed the stripper. They both preyed on the vulnerable, the only difference was that Tony had a soft spot for animals.

      @1dingerr@1dingerr7 ай бұрын
    • He's not literally the devil, he just throws the disgustingness of their way of life in their faces in a way that's impolite and hard for them all to deal with. He's the horrible shit that they have to live with as a result of their twisted code of conduct, twisted up in a repulsive human sausage that they can't just kill bc he's a made guy who hasn't broken any of their rules and makes them a lot of money. So no he's not more evil than they are, but his evil lets its balls hang more

      @blackanarchicreacts@blackanarchicreacts7 ай бұрын
    • Tony is also portrayed as the devil in season 6 when Christopher sees them all laughing at Paulies joke about his daughter. Tony’s hair looked like horns and everything.

      @Ms.Doomer@Ms.Doomer7 ай бұрын
  • Damn, the amount of layers in this show is insane. Great work Kino, with this level of investigation you could be working at the FBI

    @Werdxp@Werdxp7 ай бұрын
    • I think he’s to smart for that

      @jameshawk2470@jameshawk24707 ай бұрын
    • Ohhh. Are you saying what I think you're saying?

      @eddy87su@eddy87su5 ай бұрын
    • Well You oughta know sweetie…..

      @unclephillymya@unclephillymyaАй бұрын
  • We should also mention it’s interesting how David Chase confirmed Ralph burned Pie O My in life, but no one mentions that he could’ve caused Valentina to burn beyond the grave. Tony took his horse and his girl, instead of talking to Tony or moving on, he’d rather see both burn. A devil’s remedy, the fire.

    @baldabouyee9557@baldabouyee95577 ай бұрын
    • Wow great point. I could picture Ralphy in hell, laughing and giggling at Valentina on fire.

      @StepUpMedia039@StepUpMedia0397 ай бұрын
    • Are you going to operate on me?

      @koseisan@koseisan3 ай бұрын
  • Ralph started from the start as an evil bastard and didn't try hiding it unlike the others who fake their kindness. He didn’t wear a mask to hide his evil in other words, something that you see Tony and the others do so when he starts to repent it comes off as genuine.

    @newnamesameperson397@newnamesameperson3977 ай бұрын
    • Very good point. We know the devil is evil and recoil from that evil. Ralph is rather proud to be a complete bastard. He's not subtle and cunning like the devil, or in this case Tony, would be.

      @davidcox3076@davidcox30765 ай бұрын
    • And yet the last episode he's in we see his only real human moment where he cares for his injured son in the hospital

      @CJVS995@CJVS99514 күн бұрын
  • I grew up around a Ralph, I learned over time that anyone in his circle was in danger. either directly or indirectly.

    @Rivers198@Rivers1987 ай бұрын
  • Personally, I've always thought of Tony Soprano, not Ralph, as the devil, but the whole point of the show is to give us sympathy for him. As the story goes, no matter how hard he tries to be a good person, the evil that surrounds him will always pull him back to darkness, until he became so entrenched in it, that he stopped caring about being seen as the bad guy. He also gives very tempting offers to various characters in the show, only to have dire consequences behind them, and he has built an incredibly comfortable life because of these Luciferesque bargains.

    @benjaminstacy3227@benjaminstacy32277 ай бұрын
    • You're right, Tony got worse as the series went on especially in season 6

      @jamesmorant1406@jamesmorant14067 ай бұрын
    • Yes, there are many times that the show is telling us Tony is the devil. The strongest one that comes to mind is him in the casino at Las Vegas, getting good luck at the tables after he killed Christopher and was partying with Christopher's Las Vegas girlfriend. While he is winning, the camera pans to a slot machine with the devil on it.

      @courtneyshannon2621@courtneyshannon26217 ай бұрын
    • I agree with you, but Ralph stands as an extremely strong candidate anyway. Tony also got all bloated and fat and lifeless by the end of the show (a frankly disgusting sight) indulged in mortal sin and corruption, a bit like Judge Holden in Blood Meridian who's also supposed to be the devil.

      @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd7 ай бұрын
    • @@courtneyshannon2621 By far one of the most disgusting parts of the show.

      @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd7 ай бұрын
    • @@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd Yep, and it hits especially hard after the whole coma and thinking about changing for the better during the hospital scenes.

      @courtneyshannon2621@courtneyshannon26217 ай бұрын
  • He wasn’t the devil, a lot of his actions were him drugged out of his mind on coke or being in a standoff with Tony or someone in his crew. That was the point of the dream sequence when Tony saw the butterfly on his neck Ralphie had a genuine chance at redeeming himself if he lived, whereas Tony got infinitely more unlikeable & evil as the series progressed. Ralphie was a mirror to Tony & his own actions

    @proskeptical789@proskeptical7897 ай бұрын
    • It's the Stringer and Marlo effect. Stringer was evil, but had layers to him. To the point, where you ended up rooting for him at one point. Marlo was pure evil, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Ralph was like Stringer in that respect. You had sympathy towards him in the end. Tony was indeed a mirror to Ralph. However, he became far worse than he did in the end.

      @JayCity10@JayCity105 ай бұрын
    • Obviously he wasnt literally the devil, its called a metaphor

      @gafibla@gafibla4 ай бұрын
    • @@gafibla I know that obviously but he still wasn’t unrepentant evil either which is the point

      @proskeptical789@proskeptical7894 ай бұрын
    • Ralph would have never redeemed himself...he was evil and amoral to his core.

      @crabbyj@crabbyj3 ай бұрын
    • @@gafiblaCharles Schwab over ‘ere

      @Noles4life77@Noles4life773 ай бұрын
  • not as evil as the saints of newark being released

    @THEDOYLER@THEDOYLER7 ай бұрын
    • 😂👍🏾

      @k.aliazad4388@k.aliazad43887 ай бұрын
    • Ohhhh Rim Shot!

      @AnAbsurdExistence@AnAbsurdExistence7 ай бұрын
    • lol that shit was 🚮

      @atlntcostv7293@atlntcostv72937 ай бұрын
    • i think it was possibly rushed, or id say maybe he didnt have all the creative freedom we think he did@@Fuccauf

      @THEDOYLER@THEDOYLER7 ай бұрын
    • it was never supposed to be about sopranos, but about newark. Like how Quake 2 has nothing to do with Quake 1 but whatta ya gonna do?

      @civotamuaz5781@civotamuaz57817 ай бұрын
  • Fun fact Cifaretto translates to Cypher, a character also played by Joe Pantoliano in The Matrix. 🌠

    @neverlandsong1@neverlandsong17 ай бұрын
    • You’re on to something 👍

      @RogueTheology@RogueTheology7 ай бұрын
    • “I want to be rich. You know, someone important, like an actor.”

      @alexanderarduini@alexanderarduini4 ай бұрын
    • He’s that bastard? Man this guy has a knack for playing some truly despicable characters

      @elisabethschmerzler963@elisabethschmerzler9633 ай бұрын
    • Yes. So it's basically "Lucifer", so the hint was always on the top.

      @neodistinct@neodistinct3 ай бұрын
    • Robert Deniro plays "Lou Cypher", who is actually the devil, in Angel Heart

      @earlpipe9713@earlpipe97133 ай бұрын
  • Ralph was annoying and insufferable from his first appearance. We as the audience share the same view of Ralph as Tony. He’s a good earner and does his work well, but we don’t want to see him one minute longer than we need. After he beats Tracee to death and the stable mysteriously burns down money goes out the window, Ralph was a bigger risk than he was worth. If Ralph was kept alive he would have kept going until the heat would have caught up with him and the family. Bodies are bad for business, a true mobster’s favorite color is green with a dead guy on it, not red on a dead guy.

    @kloveda5@kloveda57 ай бұрын
    • My theory is Paulie burned it down to cause friction between Ralphie and Tony.

      @mrneutral8423@mrneutral84237 ай бұрын
    • ​@@mrneutral8423 absolutely not. Paulie was by the book kind of guy, even when getting emotional.

      @kimmolaine8069@kimmolaine80692 ай бұрын
  • I love this supernatural discussion around Halloween time! I really want to see more and would love to see more topics like this, maybe one about the medium Paulie went to see.

    @ghoum56@ghoum567 ай бұрын
    • I actually talked about that in my "Are There Ghosts In The Show?" video

      @PureKino@PureKino7 ай бұрын
    • @@PureKino another great video Kino, tahnks!

      @MRGRIMZ89@MRGRIMZ897 ай бұрын
    • @@PureKino Re-upload for Halloween?

      @Werdxp@Werdxp7 ай бұрын
    • @@Werdxp just watch it, what he gotta reupload it for

      @chloe-jl5mu@chloe-jl5mu7 ай бұрын
    • ​@@PureKinoGhostbusters! Another fucking money machine!

      @HOTD108_@HOTD108_7 ай бұрын
  • A nice detail from the show i think get overlooked is that Ralph said in one episode that if he didn't drop out of highschool (so i don't think the boat thing is canon, because of that line and the fact it would probably turn the audience against Ralph to early on) he wanted to be an architect. So i think Ralph great success with construction stems from his architectural passions, because he would know thoroughly the ins and outs of the game.

    @MichelangeloVA@MichelangeloVA7 ай бұрын
  • Ralph was up there with Ritchie for being truly depraved. Whilst many of the others can play that face of being the Honourable old school guy sometimes. Ralph absolutely can’t. He is pure trash and has no shame for anything he does.

    @Kaine_Gardner@Kaine_Gardner7 ай бұрын
    • To be fair, Ritchie always insisted in good grammar.

      @TooLooze@TooLooze7 ай бұрын
    • Richie understood the plight of women

      @gustavoalmanza2673@gustavoalmanza26733 ай бұрын
  • Always found Ralphie the most detestable character, but simultaneously respected his hustle.

    @jaytahoe@jaytahoe7 ай бұрын
    • Interesting, either AJ or Carmella gets my vote for most detestable characters on the show. Carmellas blatant hypocrisy and AJ's entitlement really get under my skin. Id much rather spend time with Ralph over those two.

      @sole__doubt@sole__doubt7 ай бұрын
    • He had a bit of a redemption arc.. That being said, people saying Tony shouldn't have hit Ralph because he was a made man are silly. Ralph murdered Tony's employee then disrespected him to his face by lying about how she died. That alone could get even a made man whacked.

      @danielmiller9012@danielmiller90127 ай бұрын
    • Agreed. I saw an old episode of MASH Joe Pantaliano did has a very young man last week. Stolen Identity or something . I've seen it a million times but seeing it reminded me that much of why we love and hate Ralph is in Joe's knockout performance.

      @eileenmaher2101@eileenmaher21017 ай бұрын
    • ⁠​⁠@@sole__doubt Rather spend time with a psycho over Carmella. Just say you’re gay bro

      @waleeds5070@waleeds50703 ай бұрын
  • I'm gonna go get the popcorn, get the popcorn.

    @MrAmsterdawg@MrAmsterdawg7 ай бұрын
    • You hear what he said tone? He said he's gonna get the popcorn, get the popcorn hehe

      @frippster@frippster7 ай бұрын
    • Always with the scenarios...

      @g_eddie@g_eddie7 ай бұрын
    • Fucking parakeet

      @NotQuiteFirst@NotQuiteFirst7 ай бұрын
  • I think that the purpose of Ralph's change is to show that Tony didn't feel empathy anymore. In the same period where he mourns a horse he also doesn't care for a person that has suffered a tragedy and looks like has started to change for the better. As he's killing him he accuses Ralph of killing an "innocent creature", while some suggest that may refer to the Tracee I don't agree because it doesn't make sense to use the word "creature" in such context. In addition, Tony generally resents anyone who manages to improve their life. Like how he couldn't support Chris when he tried to remain sober or how he couldn't let Janice be at peace after she started to successfully get a hold on her anger issues. Likewise seeing Ralph become slightly better would activate those same frustrations and he would hate him even more than he normally did.

    @GeneralProfessor@GeneralProfessor7 ай бұрын
    • You’re right about how Tony was regarding Chris improving but you are wrong about Janice making any real changes

      @jakealter5504@jakealter55047 ай бұрын
    • We’re all God’s creatures and Tony looks at the picture of Tracee the scene after

      @RogueTheology@RogueTheology7 ай бұрын
    • And Tony B going straight

      @andy4717@andy47177 ай бұрын
    • ​@@andy4717Yeah. And if Vito had gone straight, it would've been Tony who whacked him instead of Phil.

      @willmercury@willmercury7 ай бұрын
    • @@RogueTheologyTony was being a self righteous ass. He got mad Ralphie called him fat & used Tracee/the horse as his justification. Ralphie even almost talked his way out of that entire fight right up until he made the vegetarian comment.

      @proskeptical789@proskeptical7897 ай бұрын
  • Tony killed Ralph because he pointed out his hypocrisy. It wasn’t about Tracee, and it wasn’t about Pie-oh-mine.

    @dewilew2137@dewilew21377 ай бұрын
    • My. Your what? No the horse is named Pie-O-My

      @jamesrella763@jamesrella7633 ай бұрын
  • The worst is Bobby Baccala Sr. His smile when he executed Sallys innocent friend made me think that he joined the mob in order to live out his dark urges. EDIT: RIP Burt Young

    @easy0828@easy08287 ай бұрын
    • No loose ends

      @smacwhinnie@smacwhinnie7 ай бұрын
    • Sally himself was one of the worst, if not the worst. Beating up Vito's brother in a coma for talking to his girlfriend. Even Bobby Sr referred to Sally, his own godson, as a "piece of shit".

      @Kookosbanaani94@Kookosbanaani947 ай бұрын
    • “No Mr. Baccala” lol

      @RogueTheology@RogueTheology7 ай бұрын
    • He wasn’t that innocent, he was actively hiding mustang sally knowing he’d fractured some guys skull with a golf club for nothing

      @TC8787-yq7og@TC8787-yq7og7 ай бұрын
    • Just some old guy.

      @christopher9196@christopher91967 ай бұрын
  • Kino, this was by far one of the BEST videos I've ever seen on KZhead about The Sopranos from ANY Sopranos content creator. Salúd, Kino. My twenty fvckin' years were worth it and you've definitely earned your stripes of soft drinks of choice.

    @PhilLeotardosGhost@PhilLeotardosGhost7 ай бұрын
  • About the kinky shit, when he was splitting with Rosalie, she did NOT look happy about their sex life. "Putting up with all your fucking ...shit" are not the words of a satisfied woman... That woman went through a lot, her grief was so painful...

    @alyssarichardson2544@alyssarichardson25447 ай бұрын
    • She definitely said something about it

      @Ms.Doomer@Ms.Doomer7 ай бұрын
    • The buttpiracy and sleeping around with widows and close associates are a lead-in to bullshit bringing things to an indefensible point with tony B and vito. Although neither would be tolerated, ig chase's overarching point is that this sort of deviance and disrespect, to associates and to women, to lie to peoples' faces about to push forth an agenda, is absolutely a killing blow in italian affairs.

      @antonioreconquistador@antonioreconquistador7 ай бұрын
    • Whats funny is Rosalie seems more the type to me to secretly get off on domination than anyone

      @mikeg2491@mikeg24917 ай бұрын
  • He was always one of my favorite characters. No he's not the devil just a crazy fucker. The devil doesn't cry when his son is paralyzed

    @TheSYPHERIA@TheSYPHERIA6 ай бұрын
  • Either him or Ritchie Aprile. Aprile was utterly psychopathic, of course, thinking nothing of making a man a paraplegic over a grievance that could have been addressed in a much more civil manner (that's putting it mildly).

    @wet-read@wet-read7 ай бұрын
  • Something has just occured to me. Has it ever shown Ralph actually ever doing coke? I ask this because is it possible that he might say he does to provide an excuse for other behaviour?

    @A_real_Ha_So@A_real_Ha_So7 ай бұрын
    • He did do coke in the bathroom with Janice I think.

      @user-gp3wy8dm5j@user-gp3wy8dm5j7 ай бұрын
    • He did coke with Janice

      @matheusborgesv@matheusborgesv7 ай бұрын
    • Ah ok. Missed that scene

      @A_real_Ha_So@A_real_Ha_So7 ай бұрын
    • He was also doing coke with Tracy in his house before Silvio came to pick her up

      @stoveock6059@stoveock60597 ай бұрын
  • Everyone in this show acted so incredibly well. Ralph’s actor really sold me on the character, I didn’t watch the sopranos until a few years ago and was so surprised ralphie was the captain in the bad boys movies

    @nickgavis0305@nickgavis03057 ай бұрын
  • Well, Ralph was the funniest character on the show. That prank call to Nucci Gaultieri, cruel as it is, is one of the funniest scenes on the whole show.

    @daviddanielsson3643@daviddanielsson36437 ай бұрын
    • I don’t know how to put this delicately…he was sucking a cub scouts dick

      @Shawn_Babcock@Shawn_Babcock7 ай бұрын
    • Oh madone I got blue cross blue shield!

      @StepUpMedia039@StepUpMedia0397 ай бұрын
    • Nah we all know Paulie is the funniest

      @tonylipsmire5918@tonylipsmire59187 ай бұрын
    • Livia is the funniest

      @tomutting9935@tomutting99357 ай бұрын
    • @@tonylipsmire5918💯

      @LilHondaCivic808@LilHondaCivic8086 ай бұрын
  • I love the line "she was a beautiful, innocent creature! What did she ever do to you?". What could Pie-o-My have done? She was a horse?

    @luther1546@luther15467 ай бұрын
    • Tony was probably referring both to the horse and to Tracie

      @jakealter5504@jakealter55047 ай бұрын
    • I mean, it can kick, bite, kill. Probably didn't deserve to be burned alive.

      @Delightfully_Bitchy@Delightfully_Bitchy7 ай бұрын
  • Him trying the girl at a early age had nothing to do with with drug addiction if they would have included that it would have shown you how evil Ralph was

    @frankmurphy7234@frankmurphy72347 ай бұрын
    • It was also the same episode he said he had to drop out to help his mama and he was supposed to be an architect and Tony gives a rude and condescending look.

      @StepUpMedia039@StepUpMedia0397 ай бұрын
  • Good analysis! Best show ever written.

    @knoelle1357@knoelle13577 ай бұрын
  • I came home one evening and there you were with another video. The video is very enjoyable. Excellent.

    @martyjohnstone8226@martyjohnstone82267 ай бұрын
  • Superb video. Very well thought out and presented. The allegory and the propane.

    @Pickleswalks@Pickleswalks7 ай бұрын
    • It's a complete ripoff a post on the subreddit

      @some______guy@some______guy7 ай бұрын
  • Ralph’s redemption wasn’t about Ralph it was about tony not being able to stand that Ralph had changed for the better.

    @billyb4790@billyb47906 ай бұрын
  • The theological element is a subtle, yet constant presence, in the Sopranos. Along with at least one other. Thank you for tackling one aspect of it.

    @Dancin_Dave_Riverstone@Dancin_Dave_Riverstone7 ай бұрын
  • A new video that's only 5 hours old as I type this? Nice! I like your videos man. Just finished watching Sopranos from start to finish for the umpteenth time, so coming across your videos was a real treat. I always like getting new insight from this show.

    @mervannear603@mervannear6037 ай бұрын
  • Awesome videos really enjoyed it. I been watching all your videos past year and half I believe and they are all really good content

    @markbaskin2547@markbaskin25477 ай бұрын
  • Was paulie a falling angel? Wings, forced to roam the planet for eternity while everybody he knows dies around him.

    @thedon_0@thedon_07 ай бұрын
    • That's allegorical.

      @DrJ-hx7wv@DrJ-hx7wv7 ай бұрын
    • Satanic black magic. Sick shit.

      @Ms.Doomer@Ms.Doomer7 ай бұрын
    • The sacred and propane

      @thedon_0@thedon_07 ай бұрын
  • Considering I’ve met real people like Ralph, he’s not the devil; just a well-written abuser.

    @bendover9813@bendover98137 ай бұрын
  • Nice work Kino, I really enjoyed the details in this one👍

    @Kleen6288@Kleen62887 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic video. Thanks for this lil ditty! Guy was amazing in the goonies. And even better in sopranos

    @jfdesignsinc.innovationsid1583@jfdesignsinc.innovationsid15837 ай бұрын
  • Pure kino, you have no business being so funny in all your videos. Top tier references

    @arercee5528@arercee55287 ай бұрын
  • "Please allow me to introduce myself 😈."

    @jackmunch6978@jackmunch69787 ай бұрын
  • This video is a perfect example of why I love this channel. Absolutely superb

    @supersanity2298@supersanity22987 ай бұрын
  • I like this breakdown. There have been some serial killers who claimed they were the devil himself, but someone like Ralph would be a better example. As the devil would not just be about killing a bunch of people, but causing havok and turmoil and ruining lives, and getting other people to do terrible things too.

    @Logan_Baron@Logan_Baron4 ай бұрын
  • Ralph's entrance in the bing was one of the funniest moments of the show.

    @dylanwesley3964@dylanwesley39647 ай бұрын
    • I think Tony asking "did he have penisary contact with her Volvo?" is right up there too

      @epl803@epl8037 ай бұрын
  • Great video as always .

    @frankmarx8997@frankmarx89977 ай бұрын
  • I love your dedication to your videos !

    @nickiacono9574@nickiacono95747 ай бұрын
  • Ralphie wasn’t the Devil. He was just doing a lot of coke but he’s over that now.

    @WTFudgeMaster@WTFudgeMaster7 ай бұрын
  • Ralph was the most charismatic and flamboyant character in the whole show.

    @australian2@australian27 ай бұрын
    • Not charismatic at all. Everyone couldn’t stand him. They just tolerated him because he was a good earner.

      @Redwhiteblue-gr5em@Redwhiteblue-gr5em7 ай бұрын
    • @@Redwhiteblue-gr5em he was full of witty satire, always doing something to light the room up.

      @australian2@australian27 ай бұрын
    • @@australian2 gee I must of missed those episodes

      @Redwhiteblue-gr5em@Redwhiteblue-gr5em7 ай бұрын
    • That's a funny way of spelling "Silvio"

      @SSD_Penumbra@SSD_Penumbra7 ай бұрын
    • Bro said charismatic😂

      @bengalboypaco3140@bengalboypaco31402 ай бұрын
  • another banger great work kino!

    @Foxhound686@Foxhound6867 ай бұрын
  • Dude, love your vision. Great material

    @brebri1@brebri17 ай бұрын
  • Ralphie in season 4, showed that he really wasnt an evil sociopath. He reminds a lot of someone who never mattured after high school. He knows he is a POS, but he doesnt care enough to do anything about it... When his son almost died, he finally realized all of the evil he has done over the years. Right before his death, Ralph said multiple things to Tony about how his behavior is dissonant. The last thing someone with NPD wants to hear, is that their delusional/dissdent world view, isn't accurate... So Tony's reaction was very accurate.

    @dijonvon4378@dijonvon43787 ай бұрын
    • What exactly do you mean by dissident? Like that Tony behaved in a way that caused others to not respect him as a boss?

      @adiedits8027@adiedits80276 ай бұрын
    • @@adiedits8027 Meant 'dissonant' lol I'll correct that.

      @dijonvon4378@dijonvon43786 ай бұрын
  • I don't think Tony Cared about Tracy as much as he was reminded of His own daughter Meadow

    @cedricedemps@cedricedemps4 ай бұрын
  • This was good thank you for sharing❤

    @rusty9934@rusty99347 ай бұрын
  • Great video, Kino!

    @stevebrizzle@stevebrizzle7 ай бұрын
  • I love Ralphie. He's one of those characters that makes every scene he's in better. He's so slimy.

    @stgm@stgm7 ай бұрын
  • I was so happy when Tony took him out. But I was even more happy when Tony himself got taken out as well.

    @westnile21@westnile217 ай бұрын
    • No body no murder bud, Tony himself says

      @elmizzox@elmizzox7 ай бұрын
    • @@elmizzoxwas definitely Gene’s son though. Even wearing his dads jacket

      @JoshNicotine@JoshNicotine7 ай бұрын
    • Tony soprano made the show why would u be happy

      @roshawnseeny2531@roshawnseeny25317 ай бұрын
    • @@roshawnseeny2531 You still was rooting for the guy after he killed Chris even? he lost most of the audience by that point

      @Werdxp@Werdxp7 ай бұрын
    • @@Werdxp I could care less if he died or not he was a fictional character

      @roshawnseeny2531@roshawnseeny25317 ай бұрын
  • Amazing episode loved it

    @weechy_specialttv2780@weechy_specialttv27806 ай бұрын
  • His cameo in Tony’s dream. With the moth. Very allegorical.

    @TheValhalla1989@TheValhalla19897 ай бұрын
  • Ralph's character in my opinion just goes just show how warped Tonys morality has become where he gives Ralph a slap on the wrist for killing a stripper because he's a good earner but murders him over killing a horse. Ralph even seems to get closer to the crew after he kills the stripper hanging out with them more frequently.

    @OkDoomerBoomer@OkDoomerBoomer7 ай бұрын
    • He murdered him for killing the girl as much as he did for killing the horse

      @Alex-hp2rs@Alex-hp2rs7 ай бұрын
  • Great analysis once again

    @jluis459@jluis4597 ай бұрын
  • I like these kinds of episodes Kino….keep ‘em up more in depth character analysis

    @PYRO-ON@PYRO-ON7 ай бұрын
  • Ralphie and Richie both, really the entire show's roster of characters, are filmed depictions of the feeling of Sonder: the realization that each individual person that's ever existed has lived their own lives, with their own relationships, dreams, and darknesses. Ralph is a total piece of dog shit, but he still recognized it at least and was also a product of the Mob Life in a way

    @ChrisVillagomez@ChrisVillagomez6 ай бұрын
  • it sucks but we also secretly love ralph especially with his son his situation because we all realize that ralphs flesh and sin always got in the way of his true desires which is very similar to what all of us regular people go through but just not as extreme in most cases

    @user-vh4ge5uj7u@user-vh4ge5uj7u7 ай бұрын
  • Fkn great analysis 🤘

    @IrishYobbo07@IrishYobbo077 ай бұрын
  • Well done video kino

    @BennyFazioRoxxSoxx8448@BennyFazioRoxxSoxx84487 ай бұрын
  • I liked Ralph cause of him going out of his way to try and make people laugh and win them over (before the yayo) and the show made it clear he was one of the few that was actually smart and making money, and I think the best time of the show was when he was around

    @playablecharacter3871@playablecharacter38717 ай бұрын
    • He should have never started with that shit

      @Soprano_661@Soprano_6617 ай бұрын
    • To me it was Livia's time in season 1. The show was never the same for me after that, happens to me with many shows tbh the first season is always the best I don't know why.

      @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd7 ай бұрын
  • Can't wait to watch this video, and I'm gonna turn my hearing aid up so I don't miss anything!

    @adamweisshaup@adamweisshaup7 ай бұрын
  • The handsome contest comment at the end literally made me lose it!!!😂 Nice video as always, Kino!!

    @samspetifore9875@samspetifore98757 ай бұрын
  • Ralph fit in well with the other Big Three monsters on the show: Richie Aprile and Phil Leotardo. Four if you count Uncle Junior. And I guess five if you count Livia! What a sinister bunch!

    @bartstewart8644@bartstewart86447 ай бұрын
    • why would junior be considered that bad? not that hes not a murderer and more but seemed to have some semblance of a code

      @yungpableezy69@yungpableezy697 ай бұрын
    • @@yungpableezy69 Well, he was trying to kill Tony at one point, and was just an evil SOB. I guess they all were, but the Big Three that l mentioned were actively trying to destroy Tony, as were his uncle and -- mother!

      @bartstewart8644@bartstewart86447 ай бұрын
    • I'm guessing you didn't see TMSoN: Uncle Junior was probably the best thing about it, and it revealed/confirmed who he is... ... That said, don't feel like you have to watch that movie.

      @Delightfully_Bitchy@Delightfully_Bitchy7 ай бұрын
    • Livia was the worst.

      @donkeysaurusrex7881@donkeysaurusrex78812 ай бұрын
  • He had an arch

    @aljwham@aljwham7 ай бұрын
    • So did noah!

      @kristianc.theiii4192@kristianc.theiii41927 ай бұрын
    • Sydney harbour bridge had an arch

      @no-barkthechosenone2436@no-barkthechosenone24367 ай бұрын
  • Top marks for this one Kino!

    @owie4070@owie40707 ай бұрын
  • This might be my favorite Kino video

    @craighembree3101@craighembree31017 ай бұрын
  • I was so glad when Tony killed him. I couldn’t care less about his sexual kinks, but he killed an innocent woman and an innocent horse. And yeah, Ralph was distraught about his son but that’s his blood so he gets no brownie points for that from me.

    @KittySnicker@KittySnicker7 ай бұрын
  • Ralph did for fun what his colleagues did for a purpose.

    @LAMPROS311@LAMPROS3117 ай бұрын
  • The lyrics in the show blew my fucken mind So simple to add but the context and overall story writing wow

    @Clutchyourcrutches@Clutchyourcrutches7 ай бұрын
  • Lol "Your pretty face is going to hell" and its the same actor as Agent Harris

    @theronraam23@theronraam232 ай бұрын
  • I honestly do believe it was a turning point in Ralph's life where he would have turned himself around. But, it is a case of too little, too late. And with Tony killing him, he never got the chance.

    @Guyote_@Guyote_7 ай бұрын
  • I wish we got more episodes with "good guy" Ralph

    @9cross@9cross7 ай бұрын
    • Yeah and the point was to deny us of this experience?

      @louisreeve6830@louisreeve68306 ай бұрын
  • Was just watching your vids when this popped up lol

    @epicphail2926@epicphail29267 ай бұрын
  • Ralph’s killing of Tracie was the moment everything shifts for the show. At the end I just sat in silence for a few minutes. But it’s also when the show (like all great ones) became leas about its topic and about itself. It’s not navel gazing. It’s examining itself and it’s own purpose.

    @christianzafiroglu6705@christianzafiroglu67056 ай бұрын
  • I liked Ralph because of how independent and fearless he was Others were pure sycophants while Ralph actually talked to Tony like an equal, minus some placating here and there Only Richie had this kind of one man army vibe to him Tony was too petty and insecure to have such men in his family

    @sarmatiancougar7556@sarmatiancougar75567 ай бұрын
    • I like Tony Blundetto he was a calmer Ralph but of course he had to be done away with like everyone else in Tony's life.

      @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd@KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd7 ай бұрын
  • Ralph wasn’t the devil. Ralph had remorse when his son was injured. He may have turned his back on the life altogether. He cared enough about Ro not to want to kill Jackie too. It took the potential loss of his own son to to look inwards at his own vile behaviour and attitude to others.

    @tarantulagirl@tarantulagirl7 ай бұрын
    • Good call

      @RogueTheology@RogueTheology7 ай бұрын
    • "He cared enough about Ro not to want to kill Jackie too" wtf he literally arranged this kill?

      @louisreeve6830@louisreeve68306 ай бұрын
    • Who said the devil didn't have feelings? They guy has been given a bad press

      @Marvin-dg8vj@Marvin-dg8vj5 ай бұрын
  • Yes he was! Ever since that first episode when he beat that poor woman to death so savagely 😢that scene stayed with me for a while.

    @kaysmith4594@kaysmith45947 ай бұрын
  • Would love to hear more about deleted scenes, and what implications their removal might have, if any

    @Josh-Parkhill@Josh-Parkhill7 ай бұрын
  • This is one of the things I hate the most about David Chase straight up telling us things the audience shouldn’t know. He eventually said that Ralph did kill Pie-O-My. I actually was of the opinion that Ralph was undergoing a transformative time. Remember how surprised Tony was that he went to see the priest? How truly sorry he was about Jackie once he could relate to Rosalie? He wasn’t just down he was acting completely different. My interpretation was that he was having a Crime and Punishment-like rebirth. The arrow that hit his son literally came from the Sky. We all know how much Tony hates it when people improve themselves. I also heard the theory that Paulie actually burned the horse to get back at Ralph bc Tony ruled against him. Which fits into my theory.

    @skeleton1765@skeleton17657 ай бұрын
    • I think that shitty mson movie was the worst thing he did.

      @tbird81@tbird817 ай бұрын
  • Ralphie wasn't the devil he just liked coke and the hoowas

    @pacopeso8474@pacopeso84747 ай бұрын
  • doing drugs and being a masochist =/= being a serial killer in an organized crime ring, why do people always focus on that stuff when they're talking about how evil the guy who had his own son in law murdered?

    @muttipi@muttipi7 ай бұрын
  • Tony was the devil, Ralph was a demon. How can the order of things in hell be overlooked?

    @AlexF773@AlexF7733 ай бұрын
  • wow. great video. you just earned a subscriber

    @RichardQuatch@RichardQuatch6 ай бұрын
    • Welcome to the crew!

      @PureKino@PureKino6 ай бұрын
  • Awesome video!! Hopefully, more Soprano videos come soon!!

    @JacobDean88@JacobDean887 ай бұрын
  • Always with the Scenarios!

    @mava5485@mava54852 ай бұрын
  • yo dis was actually so fire bro keep this up fr💯💯 n the sympathy for the devil shit blew my mind I never noticed it😂

    @macaulk967@macaulk9677 ай бұрын
  • If he were named Lou Cifaretto I'd totally believe it. 👹

    @quentincollins1825@quentincollins18257 ай бұрын
  • Man this analisis Is pretty damn good

    @erchipamogli3559@erchipamogli35597 ай бұрын
  • the “ralph was a piece of shit” had me dying cause how subtle it sounded 🤣🤣

    @drewyboy9896@drewyboy98967 ай бұрын
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