Posted on 09/23/2021 9:07:30 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
Another scene from that show that brilliantly demonstrated how the mafia was losing their grip on power was when they tried to shake down that Starbucks-like coffee joint for protection money. The manager of that shop basically said that every nickel had to be accounted for out of Seattle and that he simply had no access to any discretionary funds whatsoever to pay out protection money. So sorry. They ended up slinking out of there totally defeated.
Someday, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter’s wedding day.
Ya know, I think the funeral director Bonasera made a big mistake by being afraid of doing business with the Godfather. I bet he could have made inconvenient bodies disappear for the godfather and turn a nice buck too.
I should have included how funny it was. That was part of the seductiveness, due to its excellent writing. Hope this new one is able to hold a candle to the original.
I read somewhere that a Hollywood organization, possibly the Screen Actors Guild or a union, has recently passed some kind of regulation that every movie has to have a quota of POCs, gays, etc. So you're going to see some statistically distorted storylines going forward.
If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it.
If you don't want to hear about it, don't read about it.
That's freedom!
We do us, and you do you.
Don't be a Cancel Karen. Live and let live.
That's another movie I've seen multiple times. It was even worth bearing with Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen, because their Irish-American background fit in the story's location. There were so many layers to that film. Someone pointed out the "X" symbol appearing and reappearing in subtle ways throughout the film.
This scene came up for discussion because freepers above were defending the TV series' inclusion of Italian-American characters who were morally upright. The role of Dr. Melfi challenged Lorraine Bracco (who had been offered the role of Carmela, but asked to play Melfi instead), demanding that she depict a therapist who must walk a fine line between helping a man of potential who had been corrupted by his criminal parents, and the objectively evil acts in which he engaged.
Her decision to avoid telling Tony about the rape, even when he confronted her and asked what was bothering her, was a sharply defining episode. Bracco played it well.
Here's the Official Site for The Many Saints of Newark. Looks like you can do either, as well as book a private screening for close friends and family. Wonder if the FBI will be snooping on those, like the black cars that showed up at Connie Corleone's wedding? These days they can remotely hack the security cameras.
“they didn’t even realize the whole time the world was starting to pass them by”
one of my favorite scenes in the entire series perfectly illustrates what you said, namely when Paulie Walnuts tries to extort a Jamba Juice franchise for “protection”, and the store manager said he had no authority to respond to that and would have to contact corporate about what to do ... it’s absolutely hilarious to imagine a guy like Paulie trying to extort the Jamba Juice corporation for “protection” ...
“Only truly somewhat decent character is Bobby Bacalao”
yeah, i thought that too until i saw bobby threaten the union guy’s family by pointing a finger-gun at the guy’s in multiple places, explains that’s where the bullets would go into the heads of the guy’s family..
One thing about the Sopranos, in the episodes involing black activists, they were not painted in a positive light.
And Agent Harris certainly came across as the typical FBI Agent.
“It won’t be cinematic!”
Oh, my, another lecture. This isn’t your cup of tea, so quit posting just to snark and denounce. Haven’t you got some tweets to flag?
I'll never forget the time Adriana was so scared during an interrogation that she barfed on the table.
That series had so many great quotable lines!
Mad Men was in the same, rarified league.
Regards,
"Yes!!! We're going to win this!!!"
Said exultantly while sitting in bed after telephoning Tony and illicitly giving him some "inside" info that will benefit Tony.
Harris stunk.
"I hope that parasite eats his < expletive > ass out!"
Regards,
That be before wokeness.
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