stackyFACTSWhen your HBO drama is so authentic it makes the actual mob paranoid, you know you've written a masterpiece.
When your HBO drama is so authentic it makes the actual mob paranoid, you know you've written a masterpiece. FBI agents listening in on real organized crime wiretaps overheard New Jersey mobsters discussing The Sopranos with genuine terror. The show's portrayal of mob life, financial scams, and internal conflicts was so pinpoint accurate that the criminals were convinced a rat in their own organization was secretly feeding inside information directly to the show's writers.
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