“Tony Drank O.J. Right Out Of The Carton Like A Sicko”: An Oral History of ‘The Sopranos’

In 1999, David Chase was a virtually unknown screenwriter who had toiled in network development for years with little more than a few credits to show for it. Meanwhile, as major Hollywood studios continued to churn out blockbuster after blockbuster that made more money than was even thought possible just a few years earlier, television had been relegated to a mere stepping stone to feature lengths, and the medium was in the midst of a full-blown identity crisis of its own. Only eight years later, David Chase would be universally regarded as the mastermind who elevated television to its highest form, ushered in an entire generation of prestige TV, and forever changed what was thought artistically possible on the small screen. This is the story of how TV’s biggest underdog became its long-awaited savior. This is the story of how the family saga of a New Jersey mob changed the world. This is the oral history of The Sopranos. Chapter 1: ‘Even A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day’ David Chase (series creator): By 1999, I had already spent over 30 years in Hollywood trying to get the stink off my name from my very first writing job: the… Read full this story

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