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The Appeal of the Sopranos

By The Daily Dish
Jun 7 2007, 5:47 AM ET

It's the same as all gangster movies, as the great African-American critic C. L. R. James was among the first to point out:

"In the end ‘crime does not pay,' but for an hour and a half highly skilled actors and a huge organization of production and distribution have given to many millions a sense of active living..."



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