Mob Experts on The Sopranos, Week 11

Jerry Capeci is author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia and Jerry Capeci's Gang Land: Fifteen Years of Covering the Mafia. His weekly column about organized crime, "Gang Land," appears in the New York Sun and at www.ganglandnews.com. Jeffrey Goldberg is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He covered organized crime for New York magazine and the New York Times Magazine. He is at work on a book about the Middle East. Gerald Shargel has represented many high-profile clients, including John Gotti. He is a practitioner in residence at Brooklyn Law School, where he also teaches. Dana Stevens, aka Liz Penn, is a Slate TV critic. She lives in New York and also writes on film and culture for the High Sign.

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Last year, each new episode of The Sopranos was analyzed by a group of shrinks; this year, each week two mob experts will discuss the lives and squabbles of America's favorite gangsters. Today, Jerry Capeci is joined by Gerald Shargel, an attorney who has represented many high-profile clients, including John Gotti.

Dear Jerry,

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Hmmm. You say I'm missing all the double entendres and symbolism, but rather than beat a dead horse, I'll just say I'm ignoring them in favor of the real action.

As for my craving too much blood and guts, I'll take Tony B. shooting Billy and Philly any day over Tony Soprano watching Tony B. shoot Philly with a cocked finger. Or over watching Tony run through the streets with a horde of past, present, and future dead people chasing him. Like you said, this IS The Sopranos we were watching last night—and what this Jerry will be watching next week—not Shakespeare or some cockamamie rendition of King George III's Days of Wine and Roses.

Take care,
Jerry

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