How "real" was "The Sopranos"? (Hackensack: credit card, loan)
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I am a half-blooded Italian who is a lifelong Southerner. My father's parents were Italian immigrants to Mississippi. I have been somewhat sensitive about that part of my heritage, with all the negative portrayals of Italian Americans in the media over the years. Recently "The Sopranos" came and went and was considered the greatest thing since sliced bread, according to a lot of TV critics. I have only watched a few minutes of it, but the violence and profanity were too much for me. For those of you leaving in north Jersey and/or are Italian American, how ethnically "real" did you find this show? I'm not accusing anyone of being a mobster or knowing anyone who is.
You would have to ask someone in that line of work who watched that program to know how real it was. Maybe I'll ask Uncle Guido when I see him again.
It was fiction but the Feds used to hear all the mobsters talking about the previous episode on Monday mornings. Big fans.
I remember reading years before the Sopranos that law enforcement listening in on NY mafiosos said that they all loved The Godfather and similar movies.
I wasn't asking if "The Sopranos" was based on real people. I was asking if the characters were, aside from the criminal element, realistic representations of people in the north New Jersey area. I hope this eliminates any confusion.
I'm of Dutch and English descent, at least five generations in NJ. We don't even make our own tomato sauce.
My guess is that the show was so loved by critics because most of them live in the NY area. I don't think it played so well in the South where I live.
I grew up in NJ and my mom is from the Deep South. ( North Florida) I knew people that were like the Sopranos growing up in NJ. But it would be like asking if the portrayal of people in "My Cousin Vinny" is typical for Alabama. Yeah there are some like that but not all. I always liked John Grisham's portrayal of Mississippi folks, not caricatures of Southerners. NJ and MS/AL folks are usually caricatures when seen in movies.
My sister dated a guy who is full blooded Italian born and raised in rural North Florida. His family grew collard greens. He looks like he could be on the Sopranos but sound like he is on Fried Green Tomatoes
I thought the Sopranos was a great show. I know lots of people here in Jacksonville,FL who loved the show. Although if one gets upset about cuss words... not the show for you. People in NJ definatly use the F-word much more than here in the South. LOL
ive never enountered anyone like that. there are people who want to be like that and want people to believe they have some kind of mafia connection. its pathetic.
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