Word: sopranos
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...SOPRANO TAKES A HIT IN THE REAL WORLD...
ROBERT ILER plays Tony Soprano Jr., the doughy son of an enterprising, Machiavellian Mob boss on The Sopranos; he is also a child actor. Not since Drew Barrymore merged child acting with a vodka-filled gene pool has a young'un been so destined for a date with trouble. Iler, 16, joined the fabled ranks of Barrymore, Danny Bonaduce and the cast of Diff'rent Strokes when he and three associates were arrested last week. New York City police called it a case of strong-arm robbery, in which two teen victims were relieved of $40. Iler pleaded not guilty...
...studying with one of the great American furniture makers, James Krenov.) Sometimes his pieces resemble hybrids of basketry and cooperage. A beautiful example is Brunhilde, 1998-2000, an open-form cage of intricately fitted cedar slats, a mysterious baglike structure that seems to inflate with breath--like a Wagnerian soprano, says Puryear, filling her lungs for the big aria. And then there are the purely organic forms, which derive from nests, seedpods, flower stems, birds' bones or marine protozoa. An example is his big red-cedar-and-pine piece, Plenty's Boast, 1994-95. As the title suggests, it could...
...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...
...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't want the best table at a restaurant, the unconditional respect of underlings, fancy cars and girlfriends on the side without recrimination...