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If television programming is normally considered a wasteland, then "The Sopranos" may be thought of as a jungle: richly colored, teeming with life, dark with mystery. The Sopranos on the Couch is a must for all who are already caught up in the excitement, as well as for viewers who are coming to the show for the first time. Yacowar helps us understand exactly why we can't get enough of Tony Soprano and that colorful mafia family that we hate to love and often love to hate! This pop-culture sensation is not only the most controversial series on television, but also the most provocative, thoughtful, and complex. Its language and themes have stretched the norms of commercial television, many characters and phrases having entered our everyday life.The Sopranos on the Couch is the first book to provide a compact, lively, and authoritative examination of each episode and season - the themes, inside jokes, and allusions - thereby putting the series into a broader cultural context.
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Maurice Yacowar is a retired professor of English and Film Studies at the University of Calgary. His earlier books include pioneering studies of Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, and Paul Morrisey. Yacowar lives in Calgary, Alberta.
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Millions of viewers tune in each Sunday to see Tony Soprano, Carmela, Dr. Melfi, and their friends and enemies take care of the business of life and death on the cable-TV series The Sopranos. After some intriguing background on the hit drama, Yacowar deconstructs three seasons of the show, episode-by-episode, analyzing everything from thematic connections and similarities with the classic Godfather Trilogy to structure, musical score, violence, language, and stereotyping. Why do we watch the show? How can we feel connected to a man whose moral code falls so drastically outside the norm? Yacowar deals with all the questions and complaints and, like Dr. Melfi, gives us plenty to think about--not just regarding those important production values but also about how the series reflects popular culture. Give Allen Rucker's The Sopranos: A Family History, loaded with pictures, to fans who want the Hollywood version. Give this to those who want some substance. Stephanie Zvirin
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- PublisherContinuum
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0826419224
- ISBN 13 9780826419224
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- Number of pages384
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