The Many Saints of Newark's Shocking Gay Tony Soprano Storyline

• 0:12Tim saw The Many Saints of Newark and found the direction weird.
• 0:49The prequel's central plot hinges on young Tony Soprano being gay and hiding his sexuality.
• 1:22Tony has explicit sex scenes in the film as the receptive partner with men.
• 2:03The Sopranos never suggested Tony was gay, making this retcon strange despite appreciating gay cinema.
• 2:40Tim was asked to audition and received the script, planning to read an actual scene.
• 3:57The scene's description: Tony, a sexually confused young man, explores gender and sexuality with older men.
• 4:28Tim reads the basketball court scene where Tony watches a shirtless Black man play while eating ice cream.
• 6:10In the scene, Tony asks if Black men have larger genitals, then propositions the man to have sex in a church.
• 6:59They have sex in an empty church where the man penetrates Tony, who discusses wanting oral sex.
• 7:31The man suggests felching, describing a sex act in explicit detail, and Tony responds with interest.
• 8:16James Damore from Google got angry at Tim for criticizing his AI art as objectively bad.
• 9:01Damore used Tim's sunburned photo in a meme, claiming the AI inputs were gay Chris Farley.
• 9:48Tim defended Damore when he was fired from Google for a memo suggesting women should be put in bags and vans.
• 10:27Lil Nas X's cover of Jolene is bad, and people can't be honest about it because of identity appeal.
• 10:48Lil Nas X is good-looking and knows his brand, but his actual vocals aren't good and the provocation replaces the music.
• 11:21Lady Gaga does outlandish things in addition to being talented, unlike artists who do shock instead of music.
• 11:41People get angry when told that bad art is objectively terrible, claiming it's insulting rather than honest criticism.

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