David Chase on Sopranos Finale: 'No One Was Trying to Be Audacious'

The Newark Star-Ledger — a.k.a the paper Tony Soprano‘s retrieves at the bottom of his North Caldwell driveway in nearly every episode — nabbed an exclusive with Sopranos creator David Chase — arranged, mob-style, before the final season began. Chase defends the controversial ending, or non-ending, by — you guessed it — choosing to not defend it:

“I have no interest in explaining, defending, reinterpreting, or adding to what is there. No one was trying to be audacious, honest to God.

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