The Sopranos (TV Series)

Two Tonys (2004)

Matthew Weiner: Manny Safier

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• Manny Safier : [during their news broadcast]  Inevitably, "what goes in must come out"

  Reporter : And these people now being released from prison are from the ones who were jailed in the big mafia crackdown from the 1980's?

  Manny Safier : It seems like yesterday, doesn't it? For years, we've heard how law enforcement broke the "back" of the mob. Well, they've served their time, it's the old never-ending battle against crime and corruption to quote Superman

  Reporter : So, what'd you think is going to happen with this "infusion" of "new blood"?

  Manny Safier : We could be looking at a period of "potentially" violent power struggle

  Reporter : Any familiar names?

  Manny Safier : In New York, the only "old style" boss still in place is Carmine Lupertazzi, he'll soon by rejoined by Angelo Garepe his former Consigliere, also Philip Leotardo: long time Lupertazzi captain. New Jersey's a better case in point: you've got Michele "Feech" La Manna released just this week, a man greatly feared and respected in the 70's. Similar situation with Anthony Blundetto in the same crime family: the Sopranos, twenty-eight years old when he went away, a rising star, thought to be the central suspect in the car bomb killing of Thomas Jilardi and his driver

  Reporter : So, would you say that this is an "interesting point" in the history of the mafia?

  Manny Safier : I'd say we're looking at a great year for crime reporting