A Sitdown With the Sopranos
Subtitle: Watching Italian American Culture on TV's Most Talked-About Series
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 14, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780312295288
Subjects: Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Performing Arts/Dance; American; Television - General; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; Television - History & Criticism; Customs & Traditions; Ethnic Studies - General; Sopranos (Television program)
First sentence: A signature phrase of The Godfather, the gun/cannoli line is emblematic of what Tony and his family are fitfully trying to accomplish in The Sopranos: they want to seize what is best of Italian American culture-the appetites, the passions, the affections, the humor-while leaving behind on the table the bitterness, the alienation, the crime, and the violence.