Who was the Boss?

Cafe Society
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Angela is the breadwinner.

Tony runs the house.

Samantha and Jonathan are kids. Children often possess an inordinate amount of power in any household, though they are almost never aware of it.

Mona is Angela’s mother. Mothers often possess an inordinate amount of power over adult children.

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Bruce Springsteen

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Angela.

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Springsteen.

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Tony did not run the house. He cleaned it. He also nanny-ed but he had absolutely no say in any major decisions. I remember in one episode he was conned into buying something (encyclopedias? an appliance?) very expensive. Angela immediately figures out the price (because apparently, Tony can’t math) and has a fit. It is clear that Tony does not have the authority to make such a major purchase for the household. Mona has more say as she does what she wants because Angela is not HER boss.

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“What WAS happening?”

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Hank Morgan, the Connecticut Yankee in Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

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C. Montgomery Burns

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Hugo

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Sure Hank Morgan was “The Boss” and his assistant Clarence thought of himself as a page - -

    • but he was no more than a paragraph. Got to love Twain!
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Richard J. Daley

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George Steinbrenner

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Definitely Springsteen.

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Checks location

Springsteen for the home run. I know it sounds ghastly, but I have to outlive him so I can see New Jersey’s reaction when he dies.

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Thread hypothetical:

Question #1: Who was the Boss?

Question #2: Who was the Chairman of the Board?

Question #3: Who was The Hardest Working Man in Show Business?