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Now let me tell you where you're wrong (oh, how I love writing those words): I didn't say that mobsters aren't taking their cues from The Sopranos . What I said was that no self-respecting mobster would want to be a member of Tony Soprano's sad-sack crew.
Mobsters in fact do take their cues from it, at least according to Time and Newsweek this week.
Martin Cahill (Brendan Gleeson), the protagonist of John Boorman's marvelous almost-comedy The General , is a gangster in the flamboyant movie tradition of movie mobsters who smile at the bullets that end their lives.
I think you've got one thing exactly right: The Sopranos works so well precisely because it is understated, because it is the opposite of the operatic Godfather . Together, The Godfather and The Sopranos make up some kind of whole, but here's the fundamental difference between them: Every mobster I've ever met imagines himself a player in The Godfather . I interviewed Sammy Gravano a few weeks ago and he said as much; The Godfather invested the lives of mobsters, who are in fact seedy and boring characters, with honor and drama.
Mobsters and Rat Packers
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