(New to) Great Regulars: Just t'ink aboud it,

as Tony might say. If Yeats' swans opened The Sopranos, it is plausible that his destructive sphinx has come to close it--and that this "rough beast" alludes not just to a rival to Tony, but to both the invasion of Jamba Juice and Starbucks along the DiMeos' old collection routes, and, now, in 2007, the encroachments of Islamic fundamentalism.

from Meghan O'Rourke: Slate: The Second Coming: What Yeats is doing on The Sopranos.

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