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The Italian-American crime family that serves as the main focus of the series alongside Tony's actual family. Initially headed by acting boss Jackie Aprile Sr. after the incarceration of Eckley DiMeo, leadership of the family soon falls to Junior Soprano following Jackie's death from cancer.
In that dream, Tony arrives at a dingy, unlit house, and sees a dark and silent silhouette of a woman resembling Livia Soprano (Tony's Abusive Mom, no less) standing on some stairs. The woman slowly walks down, stops, and creepily stares at Tony. Just as Tony enters the house, he wakes up. Nothing Is Scarier indeed.
The Sopranos Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco is an In-Universe cookbook. Apparently, Artie decided to write a cookbook (and Tony graciously slapped his name on the cover), and he decided to interview every mobster he knew about food.
Much like Watchmen did for comics, The Sopranos had a significant impact on the shape of the American television industry, creating a huge push for more Darker and Edgier TV shows with difficult and controversial subjects including crime, Italian-American stereotypes, graphic sex, graphic violence, Black Comedy, Evil Versus Evil conflicts ...
Click here to see Tony in 1973. Played by: James Gandolfini; Michael Gandolfini ( The Many Saints of Newark ). "All due respect, you got no fuckin' idea what it's like to be Number One. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fuckin' thing. It's too much to deal with almost. And in the end you're completely alone with it all."
Neil Mink. Harold "Mel" Melvoin. Dante "Buddha" Greco. James "Murmur" Zancone. Perry "Muscles Marinara" Annunziata. Corky Caporale. Ahmed and Muhammad. Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga.
At one point, Silvio mentions offhandedly that he once sought therapy, like it's no big deal. That's how Tony wants to see it. No stigmata, he just needed to assemble some better coping mechanisms. Tony's archetype of the "perfect gangster" is reinforced by the fact that the actor playing Silvio is a rock star.
