i gotta say Salud to my companerios for our discussion. I hope my words do not get taken personally in this post or any because I truly value the difference of opinions more than I value agreement. Or at least, I TRUST arguing and distrust constant agreeing. So I love all our own ideas we share and will never claim (I hope or shoot me) that I know-it-all. Believe my teenager and 5 yo remind me all the time I dont!
But back to this thread,
first of all heres a link to some peyote info http://www.americanethnography.com/january2008.php
Theres more to know but whos the authority on anything? I think it's important to note the insights Tony shares with Melfi about his experience. I think that interaction will show us more than anything about what Chase intended Tony to experience with his Vegas Journey. I will rewatch it soon and try to remember it all. But I do remember the thing about the bus and the child keeps trying to get back on the bas etc. etc. and then the solar system thing. I think Chase the whole last season was painting a Sistine Chapel sized moving picture! I mean there is symbolism abounding about the very question of life's existance. Alot of it was existential and intended to make the viewer ask themselves some of the same questions that Tony was looking for answers for. But realistically like the rest of us, our lives plodded on even after our "epiphany". It reminds me of Chases' comparison of the story to Sisiphus or whatever the name was. The never ending rolling rock up and down the hill. So how does this connect to Peyote? I think his epiphanies served him in the moment and engrained into him some wisdom. But ultimately like all of us, life has a way of plodding on no matter how much control or choice we might think we have. I think this is Chases way of trying to portray a very real common human struggle we all share but through ironically the most unlikely of modern day archetypes. The Mob Boss! Bravo Senor Chase! Bravo! As for me, I'll go back to knowing nothing now...........
Re: Kennedy and Heidi dream theory
11You know, Vito called me “skip” the other day. Slip of the tongue, no doubt. But I noticed he didn’t correct himself.