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The Fleshy Part of the Thigh

An Introduction About a Strange Choice

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Ethan Strauss
Aug 23, 2021
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There’s this Sopranos episode I love, titled, “The Fleshy Part of the Thigh.” In it, Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri, an affable soldier for the Soprano family, opportunistically advertises his peculiar services. Bacala is at the hospital because his boss, Tony Soprano, got shot. While there, Bobby runs into an up-and-coming rapper named Marvin, who’s also at…

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