Cleaver (The Sopranos) similarities between Sally Boy and Anthony Soprano with Julianna Skiff, describing both as men who think that everything belongs to them — a notion crystallized by Sally Boy in "Cleaver"'s finale when he tells Michael: "What you have belongs to me" because "what's mine is mine; what's yours is mine." In conjunction with the premiere of "Stage 5," HBO aired the seven-minute mockumentary "Making Cleaver", detailing the film's production. Including in-character interviews with Moltisanti, Lupertazzi, Yam, Baldwin, LaPaglia, and special-effects make-up artist Steve Kelly, the behind-the-scenes look is broken up into four segments: "Concept," "Courting Kingsley," "Cast and Crew," and
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