HBO’s The Penguin Is a Stylish, Dumbed-Down Trump Allegory That Speaks to TV’s Decline

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By Judy Berman September 19, 2024 7:00 AM EDT I f you want to understand how prestige TV (an imperfect term, but bear with me) has changed over the last 25 years, it makes sense to start with the series that invented the category as we know it: The Sopranos . An HBO gangster drama whose antihero, Tony Soprano, is a brutal but troubled mid-level Mafioso with limitless ambition and debilitating maternal issues, it delivered all of the violent thrills typical of its genre. What elevated the show,

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