Bloomfield NJ bans the Sopranos from filming final scene of the series there
What a bunch of babies. The Sopranos is wrapping up a (very long) six season run, and had planned to film the final scene of the entire series at a Bloomfield, NJ ice cream parlor. But now the city council has banned the hit series from filming within the city over its dipictions of Italian-Americans.
A Garden State town council whacked “The Sopranos” Monday night, barring the Cosa Nostra drama from filming in suburban Bloomfield, N.J.
Local lawmakers hit the wildly popular HBO series due to what it called “negative depictions of Italian-Americans,” said the town’s mayor, Raymond McCarthy, a leading opponent of the show.
McCarthy - whose wife is Italian - said the show had intended to film the very last scene, for the very last episode, at a local Broad Street ice cream parlor, Holsten’s Brookdale Confectionery.
Holsten’s owner is now complaining that the town’s touchy politicians denied him a place in television history.
“We were excited,” said the historic parlor’s co-owner, Chris Carley, 53. “If it’s good for the area and businesses, your personal opinions shouldn’t be mixed in.”
Come on, it isn’t like the series was planning to film an entire freaking season there, or even a single episode. We are talking a single scene - of the final episode of the entire series! Give me a break.
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