[lbo-talk] Warm summers or dark ages?/ (An offer you can't refuse)

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At 09:15 AM 10/5/2004, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Marvin Gandall wrote:
>
>>Actually, anyone who grew up in this kind of immigrant community -- Irish,
>>Italian, Jewish, Greek, etc. -- is likely to consider it a very realistic
>>portrayal of the striving first- and second-generation types who peopled it.
>>I can recognize at least some of my old relatives and friends among the
>>finely-drawn secondary players who form the backdrop in the series.
>
>Yup - and it evokes New Jersey, in all its mundane hilarious glory, like 
>nothing I've ever seen. The houses, the hair, the accents, the 
>wisecracking, the Jackson Whites....

a real life Tony--minus the violence and murder (more of the mundane loan 
sharking stuff)--apparently reformed after having been sent to the Fed Pen 
for ripping of the sales and employment tax system:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/25/earlyshow/series/week_of_wishes/main602156.shtml

I can safely say, though, I didn't like him too much and hated the way he 
used to scream at his mistress [now wife]. If you watch Sopranos, watch 
this video. He "courted her" (Yeah, right!)

Details about the rest, off list, if anyone is interested.

K

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