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Originally Posted by Dubnjoy000
Sopranos ending did make multiple lists as well for best finale ever, so those lists do like polarizing endings!!!
I think The Sopranos ended perfectly. But after teaching film and literature for a long time, I find students hate open-ended films and stories. They mostly all like City Lights but want to know what happens after the final shot. Same with open-ended short stories.
Chekhov's story "The Lady with the Dog" ends with this:
"And it seemed as though in a little while the solution would be found, and then a new and splendid life would begin; and it was clear to both of them that they had still a long, long road before them, and that the most complicated and difficult part of it was only just beginning."
Students hate that ending. They prefer the happily ever after ending instead of the lady or the tiger kind of story.
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