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Here's my theory about what makes The Sopranos different from other TV shows and movies about the mafia . I think The Sopranos brings the understatement of the American short story to a subject usually treated as high drama or farce.
The Godfather 's depiction of Mafia strength in the late '40s is largely accurate.
4) Assimilation : Second- and third-generation Sicilians, who now control the Mafia, place less emphasis on the omertà --the code of silence that precludes snitching.
The mafia is over as we know it, or think we know it.
2) The government cleaned up the unions . As late as 1986, the Justice Department found that the Mafia controlled the International Longshoremen's Association, the Hotel and Restaurant Employees union, the Teamsters union, and the Laborers' International Union.