Woke up this morning

[Dorothy_ParkerX]

<p>Another great article by Peggy:</p>

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Old Jersey Real
The greatness of “The Sopranos.”</p>

<p>“The Sopranos” wasn’t only a great show or even a classic. It was a masterpiece, and its end Sunday night is an epochal event. With it goes an era, a time…</p>

<p>…There have been shows on television that have been, simply, sublime. In drama there was “I Claudius,” a masterpiece of mood and menace–“Trust no one!”-- from which writers and producers continue to steal (see HBO’s “Rome.”) And PBS’s “Upstairs Downstairs.” A few others. “The Sopranos” is their equal, but also their superior: It is hard to capture the past, but harder to capture the present, because everyone knows when you don’t get it right. It takes guts to do today.
David Chase did, and he made a masterpiece. I’ll be watching Sunday night, but I’ll wake up that morning with a blue moon in my eyes.

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<p><a href=“http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110010180[/url]”>http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110010180&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;