[PW] ? "Sopranos" Quotes & Terms (Quotation Query #643)

[Reed C Bowman]

Fred Shapiro wrote:

>I have been asked by a reporter to comment on quotations and words and phrases 
>originated or popularized by "The Sopranos."  There is a tight deadline, so I 
>would welcome any quick suggestions.
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>Fred Shapiro
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The term "to get whacked". Certainly not original there, but popularized 
by the show. And, in Meta-Sopranos, "Who gets whacked?" - the question 
everyone wonders about with each new season... which major character 
will be killed off?

"Going to the mattresses" was popularized by The Godfather, and it's 
used in The Sopranos as a clear reference to the movie. They often make 
make a point of the influence of pop-culture gang images on the gang 
characters in the Soprano family organization.

RCB