"The Sopranos" as a Soap Opera

"The Sopranos" has been a controversial show throughout its six seasons. Many people label the show with their own critiques based on their own culture. The show is based on the life of Italian-American, Tony Soprano, head of the most powerful crime family in New Jersey. Tony is often considered a bad guy and a good guy at the same time. The pilot episode of "The Sopranos" begins a story that explains this reasoning, and is considered a soap opera often adored by men for many reasons. "The Sopranos" is defined as a male soap opera because it holds all the elements of the woman's soap…