The Art of Whacking

Mens min kritiske superhelt og -skurk Erik Skyum-Nielsen fejrede sin 60 års fødselsdag i Informations kantine, sad jeg passende nok oppe i en flyvemaskine og læste artiklen "The Family Hour. An Oral History of the Sopranos" i det nye nummer af Vanity Fair - ligesom danske forfattere gik skuespillerne rundt i en evig frygt for, at deres karakter var den næste, der skulle "whackes":

Steven Schirripa (Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri): Personally, I think the better they killed you, the better it was. Like Joey Pants went out with the head (in a fistfight). Michael had a good one (by suffocation). Mine was fantastic (shot looking at train sets).. Bit I think if they let you go with a wimper, it was a bad joke, instead of, you know, "Hey, we're going to give you a good fucking send-off"

Annie Leibovitz-foto af nogle af de mest prominente, whackede personer i serien: