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Sopranos Prequel Goes Squishy on the Sixties

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Posted By: Magnante, 10/5/2021 8:49:33 AM

Last weekend, I went to the theater to see the Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark. (snip) At the time of the 1967 Newark riot, the foundational event of the movie, I was a 19-year-old living in Newark (snip) My late father had been a Newark cop, and my Uncle Bob, also a cop, was in the thick of the riot (snip) My uncle would have been dismayed at just how much Chase gets wrong about Italian American life circa 1967. For starters, the gangsters would have long since left for the suburbs.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Rotten in Denmark 10/5/2021 9:27:50 AM (No. 935812)
I had HBO solely for The Sopranos. I doubt I’ll waste time with a prequel.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Quigley 10/5/2021 10:08:35 AM (No. 935841)
FTA: “ He would have been appalled if he had seen the movie cops do what they did. This was Newark, not Birmingham. ” I’m a cashill fan but i wonder if he’s really an expert on birmingham cop activity of the 1960s or if the statement is just a smear.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Luke21 10/5/2021 11:01:27 AM (No. 935893)
Any historic video put together by wokesters is going to suck bad. They can't get the details on anything but a few old cars right on a good day.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: msjena 10/5/2021 11:25:11 AM (No. 935919)
I had some trouble understanding the author's point here. I think I disagree with him about the Tony Soprano character. He was a racist. When his daughter brought home a Black-Jewish boyfriend, Tony used ethnic slurs and explicitly told him to not come around anymore and to keep away from his daughter. I don't root for Tony, who is a narcissistic, murdering monster. As for Newark, I have no opinion. I do think Chase is lying when he said he and his suburban friends were woke back in '67 and rooted for the rioters.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: thewarden 10/5/2021 11:53:38 AM (No. 935952)
My husband and I viewed it last Friday (streamed it for free). We were underwhelmed and bored. It was slow. It seemed to be more about racial issues than the “family”. Meh...don’t waste your time. Very disappointing.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 10/5/2021 12:37:52 PM (No. 936010)
Millennial Sopranos? It’s going to suck…hard!
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