If the impact of James Gandolfini's recent death surprised commentators; it shouldn't have. Gandolfini possessed a unique ability to show us ourselves. His legacy, the iconic Tony Soprano, represented an American generation, fatally compromised by the choices inherent in unrestrained consumer capitalism.

But to a nation obsessed with leaks and leakers, Gandolfini may offer an even more precise lesson — not in his role as a racketeer, but in his depiction of an ordinary man revealing a powerful secret.

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