Sevco and the Sopranos

This summer, bereft of a competitive football match I had any genuine interest in, my viewing was mainly dominated by an old friend. Anthony Soprano. The multi-season series has probably become the dominant mode of long-form storytelling in the digital age. Like re-visiting a novel, it is a new journey over old ground, and you often see it with a fresh perspective. I had not appreciated how central the sit-down was to the developing narrative in this everyday tale of Mob folk. These meetings enabled Tony to keep order in his organisation. They also helped him to maintain diplomatic relations