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Why The Sopranos remains the greatest gangster drama of all time

The TV show makes its original source material – The Godfather trilogy, Goodfellas – look naive

Defiantly sexy with his fat hands and dachshund’s eyes: James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano. Credit: Anthony Neste/Getty Images

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