>or at least a bit dramatic. I can't remember his name, but
>he's the Don from Detroit. He was described friend of the
>Corleones, but considered weak himself.
>
>So the comment was considered frivolous by his colleagues.
>They all thought that way. They weren't sophisticated at all.
>Most of them with the exception of maybe Barzini were
>peasants.
>
> So, that line never bothered me within the context of the
>story.
>
>It might provide a window into Puzo's mind though, or it might
>just be something he heard a relative say and thought it'd be
>dope to have a character say.
>
>The Godfather is my favorite book, and since that specific
>line isn't the point of the book I take it with a grain of
>salt.

i agree with your statement and your input is nice. But i can't really take something like this as a grain of salt....matter of fact, scratch that, like i said with everything else, just have to write our own. But this reminds me of how other cultures are being portrayed in cinema.....

i know vietnamese were pissed how they were viewed in DEER HUNTER.

it was a great film, but do we have to generalize?

i mean....really?