Considering David Chase: Essays on the Rockford Files , Northern Exposure and The Sopranos

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These critical essays examine Chase’s television writings, placing particular emphasis on how his past works have shaped and influenced the current cultural phenomenon of HBO’s
The Sopranos , and studying Chase’s use of identity, community, and place in defining his on-screen characters. Topics explored in this book include Chase’s constructs of the urban LA environment in
The Rockford Files , the portrayal of hybridized American archetypes in
Northern Exposure , and the interpretation of sexual identity/masculinity in
The Sopranos . It also includes an interview with David Chase, along with an appendix containing complete episode guides for
The Rockford Files ,
Northern Exposure , and
The Sopranos .