Minimizes destructive behavior to keep a false sense of peace.
Before Succession , there was Tony Soprano. The family drama here is doubled: the nuclear family (Carmela, AJ, Meadow) and the crime family (Paulie, Silvio, Uncle Junior). The genius of the series is showing how the toxic masculinity of the mob destroys the domestic tenderness of the home. Carmela’s acceptance of blood money is a profound study of moral compromise. incest magazine vol 3