Situated just outside the elite stature of New York City’s Five Families — the organized crime dynasties Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese — New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family achieved their own form of immortalization in David Chase’s prestige HBO drama, The Sopranos. This makes many question whether The Sopranos is based on a true story.While The Sopranos drew inspiration from many real-life mafia stories, as well as reflected the romanticization of organized crime as an entertainment genre, the DeCavalcante crime family’s name circulates time and time again when discussing the series’ connection to true crime. The fate of many Sopranos characters aligns directly with the rotating heads of the DeCavalcante family. Members of the organized crime operation can even be heard praising the series in one of several FBI recordings obtained via sting operation. As the name suggested, David Chase’s The Sopranos was about an organized crime family (actually titled the DiMeo crime family) that operated in the New Jersey area. Engaged in various crimes — from racketeering to outright murder — this crew was constantly in flux and at war with both rival gangs and itself. The patriarch and protagonist was Tony Soprano, who came into power despite the presence of his Uncle Junior. Making up his crew are the likes of his “nephew” Christopher Moltisanti, the cackling, wisecracking Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri, his later-introduced cousin Tony B. and the Godfather movie series-quoting Silvio Dante.
Situated just outside the elite stature of New York City’s Five Families — the organized crime dynasties Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese — New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family achieved their own form of immortalization in David Chase’s prestige HBO drama, The Sopranos. This makes many question whether The Sopranos is based on a true story.
While The Sopranos drew inspiration from many real-life mafia stories, as well as reflected the romanticization of organized crime as an entertainment genre, the DeCavalcante crime family’s name circulates time and time again when discussing the series’ connection to true crime. The fate of many Sopranos characters aligns directly with the rotating heads of the DeCavalcante family. Members of the organized crime operation can even be heard praising the series in one of several FBI recordings obtained via sting operation.
As the name suggested, David Chase’s The Sopranos was about an organized crime family (actually titled the DiMeo crime family) that operated in the New Jersey area. Engaged in various crimes — from racketeering to outright murder — this crew was constantly in flux and at war with both rival gangs and itself. The patriarch and protagonist was Tony Soprano, who came into power despite the presence of his Uncle Junior. Making up his crew are the likes of his “nephew” Christopher Moltisanti, the cackling, wisecracking Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri, his later-introduced cousin Tony B. and the Godfather movie series-quoting Silvio Dante.
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