1. The Sopranos features two characters—Dr. Jennifer Melfi and Fr. Phil Intintola—who offer counsel to lead characters Tony and Carmela Soprano. Do these “mediating” figures point characters toward...

1.The Sopranos
features two characters—Dr. Jennifer Melfi and Fr. Phil Intintola—who offer counsel to lead characters Tony and Carmela Soprano. Do these “mediating” figures point characters toward Galician’s prescriptions? Can you think of “mediating” characters from other television shows? Do they? How? 2. How do other portrayals of mobsters—for example, in movies like such as
The Godfather,
GoodFellas,
or Casino—compare to
The Sopranos
in relation to Galician’s myths?