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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the form and style of the HBO series and the 1972 film. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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on using this paper properly! In 1999, HBO debuted its controversial new series about an Italian-American family entitled, The Sopranos. The family calls New Jersey home, and patriarch
Tony is in the "waste management" (Peyser and Chang 67) business. Translation: Tony Soprano is a mobster. The show immediately drew critical raves, and developed a strong and
loyal cult following. Nearly thirty years after Francis Ford Coppola presented an intimate look of an Italian-American organized crime family in The Godfather, the same appeal which drew record
numbers to the movie theaters is putting people in front of their television sets every Sunday at 9 p.m. The
Godfather has become the gauge by which all subsequent "mob" features are judged. The Sopranos is no exception, and in fact, freely acknowledges its artistic inspiration. In fact,
a mention of The Godfather is worked into the script of nearly every episode, because it has become a favorite flick among Mafiosos. In one episode, Tonys wife Carmela
is having a late-night conversation with her priest, in which they are attempting to determine which Godfather film was the best (Bowman 58), and "a Moe Greene special," which refers
to a casino owner in The Godfather who had his eye shot out after refusing to do business with the Corleones, is the Soprano crews preferred method of whacking or
killing an enemy (Viner 1). In terms of style and form, there are similarities between Coppolas film, and David Chases television series, which the creator freely admits. In
terms of form, like The Godfather, the action revolves around an extended family, both personal as well as professional, and a unique language which takes some getting used to for
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