(1) CAMILLE PAGLIA SKEWERS 'THE SOPRANOS" (Philadelphia Inquirer)
(2)  LAS VEGAS NOW HAS I-A NEWSPAPER (Las Vegas Review-Journal) 
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' SOPRANOS' AND IT'S FANS ARE CRITICIZED

The Philadelphia Inquirer 
CITY-D Page E08
11/03/2001  

Author and cultural critic Camille Paglia skewered The Sopranos and the
critics who have acclaimed it at a lecture at Penn Thursday night. 

"They all act like Joey Buttafuoco. It's a travesty," said the professor of
humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts. "It is a debased
characterization of Italians." 

As for the subplot of a mob boss seeing a psychiatrist, Paglia said she
didn't believe it: 

"There may be Italians who go to an analyst and there may be Italian women
analysts, but I don't know any. No Italian I know wants to be seen as a
victim." 

Speaking at a lecture cosponsored by the National Italian American
Foundation and the Kelly Writers House at Penn, Paglia described the media
love-in with the HBO show as "overpraise of the show's pretense of heart."
She characterized the New York critics as "full of designer Marxism" and
"having no interest in the working class."

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LAS VEGAS ADDS ETHNIC PAPER

The Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Final, Page 2D, Business 
By John G. Edwards
11/03/2001  
 
Las Vegas, which has ethnic newspapers for Jewish, black, Asian and Hispanic
residents, now has one for Italian - Americans. 

La Voce Publishing Co., owned by lawyer Dominic Gentile and others,
published its first 56-page issue in October. It is preparing a second issue
for release early next week.
 
"Our objective is to create a virtual neighborhood, a virtual community,"
said Gentile, the publisher.
 
The latest census indicates the county has 120,000 residents who consider
themselves Italian - American , he said. 
Public records indicate that 1,400 businesses are licensed to people with
Italian surnames, and more than 40,000 real estate properties are owned by
people with Italian last names.
 
The company printed 3,000 copies for Volume 1, No. 1, but Gentile hopes to
reach 10,000 by December. The tabloid is distributed without charge at
locations around the city, but mail subscriptions cost $36 a year. 

While the owners hope to make a profit, they are primarily interested in
giving Italian - Americans a voice in the Las Vegas area, Gentile said. 
Gentile, an attorney for broadcasters and newspaper publishers, said La Voce
will take an Italian - American viewpoint on some issues, but it will seek
to be fair and balanced.
 
The first edition contains an article that the Augustus Society named former
Assembly Speaker Joe Dini, D-Yerington, its Italian - American of the year.
The cover story profiles New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. There's a fashion
story about garters, a news item about the annual convention of the Italian
- American Historical Association and a story about teenage actress-artist
Julianne Michelle. 

Its full-page ads include Vespa motor scooters, shows at the Riviera and Tom
Saitta Integrity Chrysler Plymouth.
 
Len Galassi is editor; Nick Paglia; advertising director; and Kevin Castano,
production manager.
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