<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Adams:</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>'I've never seen _The Sopranos_, but I did read an explication of the <BR>episode where Soprano takes his daughter off to college which argued <BR>that the episode was slanted in such a way as to make Soprano seem like <BR>a decent guy. It was a convincing argument and, even if I did have <BR>cable, I don't think I'd care to watch the show, even aside from the <BR>violence.'</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>It goes out on terrestrial TV here, Channel Four, </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>and the local stuff resonates surprisingly well for me, as for most of my compatriots.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The theme music is a UK band as well, I think, not wishing to be a little Englander about it.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Excellent show. Very funny on therapy, machismo, loyalty, ethnic pride etc..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>