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The Immorality of ‘The Godfather’
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| 9 Sep 2022
| Michael Anton
Posted on 09/13/2022 6:28:36 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:28:36 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
The other flawed premise is that Irish cops are corrupt.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:31:38 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
To: All
Well, that’s that. There goes my dreams of being a Godfather and running a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise. Way to shoot down a persons goal in life.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:33:51 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Isn't it ironic that only ONE company makes the game MONOPOLY?)
To: Rummyfan
Somebody’s thinking too much.
To: Rummyfan
An idiot’s interpretation of a cinematic masterpiece.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:37:57 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: rfp1234
The valid premise is that politicians are corrupt.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:38:14 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: cgbg
The valid premise is that politicians are corrupt. "Who's being naïve, Kay?"
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:39:52 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Rummyfan
The ostensible premise of The Godfather, the film version of which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, is that American society is so prejudiced against Italians that extraordinary men such as Vito and Michael Corleone have no choice but to turn to crime. Oh BS. It's about how one gets power and uses power. It's as good a story about how nuclear deterrence works as it is about how party politics works.
To: Rummyfan
I like the part where Godzilla breathes fire on the jets.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:41:30 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: SpaceBar
Yeah....this piece had a compelling title but was a big disappointment.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:45:21 PM PDT
by
rbg81
To: Rummyfan
I don’t buy the premise of the authors first sentence. Like he has his own ax to grind.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:46:01 PM PDT
by
Track9
(You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
To: SpaceBar
Hopefully not an idiot - I saw the movie as a blank slate twenty years ago - loved it - and my main takeaway was, they felt compelled to create their own country within ours because they felt they could not get justice nor thrive without it.
I think it’s a perfectly reasonable take.
It did not make me love the mafia, but, I felt my understanding was expanded. It’s a good motivation for equality and justice for all.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:47:25 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
To: SpaceBar
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:47:43 PM PDT
by
Track9
(You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
To: Rummyfan
Watched it for the 1st time about a month ago - pretty good movie. As long as you remember it's not a morality play.
There are no good guys. Bad guys and even worse guys.
And Al Pacino before he became an "over actor".
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:52:00 PM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: Rummyfan
I never understood that movie. Or its popularity. Kind of reminds me of Citizen Kane, a gigantic waste of time.
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posted on
09/13/2022 6:58:23 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: Rummyfan
An old editorial cartoon had a boy declare to his dad that he was gonna enter a life of organized crime.
The father calmly ask if it’s “Government or private sector?”
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posted on
09/13/2022 7:01:13 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
09/13/2022 7:04:24 PM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
To: SpaceBar
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posted on
09/13/2022 7:05:36 PM PDT
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
To: Rummyfan
Both were honorable men early in their lives but not extraordinary. Vito chose a life of crime when Clemenza took him to get a new rug.
Same with Michael. He chose the family business when he volunteered to avenge his father’s shooting, and turn his back on the path his father had dreamed for him.
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posted on
09/13/2022 7:07:17 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: dfwgator
We are both part of the same hypocrisy, but don’t think that ever applies to my family.
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posted on
09/13/2022 7:07:45 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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