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...blocks away, Gephardt huddled with Democrats in a packed basement room off the House chamber, waving a news story reporting that the National Republican Congressional Committee had raked in $39 million the first six months of this year, twice what its Democratic counterpart collected. Republicans are winning the money chase and unless Democrats halt it with campaign reforms, "we're going to loose" seats in the House Gephardt agrued. "That's the bottom line...
...Players like Manny Ramirez, Juan Gonzalez, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds are what the All-Star Game is all about - stars. Stars that have fans beyond their cities of employment (they'd better, the way these guys chase a buck around), stars that hit big, earn big and even occasionally...
There will inevitably be Sopranos knockoffs on television as producers attempt to capture Chase's magic. But Chase has created an original, and my advice to all others hoping to make a move on Sopranos turf: Fuhgeddaboutit...
...first glance, the story lines of Mafia hit men, power and treachery seem as if they will follow crime-tale formulas, but The Sopranos turns out to be as unpredictable as real life. Its popular and critical acclaim reflects Chase's ability to flesh out lifelike characters and his knack for assembling a cast with the energy to play them. He makes viewers identify with made men by making them human. You empathize with Tony Soprano whether he's whacking a guy in the afternoon or arguing with his abrasive Ivy League daughter at dinner, because Chase gets the details...
...Chase is an Italian American, and he understands that rich culture with all its ethnic eccentricities, from its love of food to the boisterous ways of communicating. Growing up in northern New Jersey, which had no shortage of wiseguys, gave him an early introduction to the ways of Mob etiquette. But the producer knows his audience too. Both the 9-to-5 factory worker and the bill-by-the-hour lawyer get vicarious thrills from watching Tony Soprano and his crew live large in suburbia, indulging all the appetites the average person keeps under wraps. After all, who doesn...