What did Junior say on Sopranos?
The other day I talked about the questions I got asked
during The Sopranos premiere on Sunday evening, and how "Who's that Gene guy?" was the
reigning champ. Since then, I could easily add "What did Junior say before he shot Tony?" to the list of
growing curiosities. So, after some intense research (called a friend who called a friend who speaks italian, and whom
I apparently owe a drink to at a bar now), I've discovered just what he said. Even turning on the subtitles for the
episode didn't help, they just read Junior: (mumbles in italian) Malanga!, so it may not have been the
clearest recording that I emailed, but I was told that it sounded like Junior said "Cazzata Malanga!"So what does Cazzata Malanga mean? Cazzata translates (I was told) into "worthless" or "piece of garbage", definitely derogatory. Malanga, for those long term and keen-eared fans, you'll remember as being the guy that Junior wanted to whack all the way back in season 1. Junior wanted the deed done at Vesuvio's (Artie's place) and Tony didn't, which is what led to the fallout between uncle and nephew. To me, this is just to further the point that Junior is finally senile; he's not faking, he's not lying, he just actually is crazy. Let me know what you think.

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