MIKE D
03-08-2007, 05:33 AM
'Sopranos' last scene may not be in Bloomfield
Thursday, March 8, 2007
By JANET FRANKSTON LORIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLOOMFIELD -- When it comes to filming the final scene of the acclaimed mob drama "The Sopranos," this North Jersey town has told HBO to fuhgeddaboudit.
The town this week denied the show's producers a permit to shoot here because the mayor and council members say the show depicts Italian-Americans in a poor light.
The owners of an old-fashioned ice cream parlor selected for the scene said the personal opinions of Bloomfield Mayor Raymond McCarthy and the council shouldn't stand in the way.
"He should do what's good for the town and not let his personal feelings dictate his decision," Chris Carley, co-owner of Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery, which sells homemade ice cream, said of McCarthy.
The town first approved the permits last week. But after complaints, the council brought the issue back for another vote on Monday and rejected it.
Officials have agreed to consider the permits for a third time at a meeting next Monday.
The mayor, whose wife is Italian, has said he opposes how the mob drama portrays Italian-Americans.
"I don't think 'The Sopranos' depicts the life of a typical Italian-American in a positive way and I still don't like the way people see New Jersey based upon 'The Sopranos' series," he said.
At least one council member, Peggy O'Boyle Dunigan, said she has changed her mind after being flooded with calls of support for Holsten's. She now wants to allow the show to shoot here.
"If you don't like the show, you can turn it off," she said. "It's hard enough to have a small business in town. I don't want to discourage them."
Bullshit. You know what this would do for his business?
Oh and Holsten's ice cream is totally tits.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
By JANET FRANKSTON LORIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLOOMFIELD -- When it comes to filming the final scene of the acclaimed mob drama "The Sopranos," this North Jersey town has told HBO to fuhgeddaboudit.
The town this week denied the show's producers a permit to shoot here because the mayor and council members say the show depicts Italian-Americans in a poor light.
The owners of an old-fashioned ice cream parlor selected for the scene said the personal opinions of Bloomfield Mayor Raymond McCarthy and the council shouldn't stand in the way.
"He should do what's good for the town and not let his personal feelings dictate his decision," Chris Carley, co-owner of Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery, which sells homemade ice cream, said of McCarthy.
The town first approved the permits last week. But after complaints, the council brought the issue back for another vote on Monday and rejected it.
Officials have agreed to consider the permits for a third time at a meeting next Monday.
The mayor, whose wife is Italian, has said he opposes how the mob drama portrays Italian-Americans.
"I don't think 'The Sopranos' depicts the life of a typical Italian-American in a positive way and I still don't like the way people see New Jersey based upon 'The Sopranos' series," he said.
At least one council member, Peggy O'Boyle Dunigan, said she has changed her mind after being flooded with calls of support for Holsten's. She now wants to allow the show to shoot here.
"If you don't like the show, you can turn it off," she said. "It's hard enough to have a small business in town. I don't want to discourage them."
Bullshit. You know what this would do for his business?
Oh and Holsten's ice cream is totally tits.