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Re: Michael & Hagen towards the end of 1
[Re: The Last Woltz]
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02/08/21 12:23 AM
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But that was the whole point of the perjury trap: Give Michael the opportunity to tell easy lies under oath and then produce a surprise witness to contradict him I don't disagree the senate committee's strategy for Michael's perjury trap was “giving Michael the opportunity to tell easy lies under oath†Are you?! You deny this?! Is it true?! ie: enough rope to hang himself The committee was obviously banking on their surprise star witness who has had no buffer between Michael and himself, corroborating the committee's nefarious charges [murder, crime empire, control of all the gambling and a lot more!] against Michael - It's up to five counts of perjury However all the perjury trap ended up pointless with the committee's star witness not contradicting Michael and the sworn affidavit not worth the paper it was sworn on - All because the chairman was goaded into “the dumbest move in the all of GF2†telling Michael of their additional witness
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Re: Michael & Hagen towards the end of 1
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03/02/21 07:26 AM
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Again nobody could uncover Michael's hidden interests not even the FBI Nobody could nail him because his web of fronting was like fort Knox
How did Geary penetrate Fort Knox? He didn't He couldn't
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Re: Michael & Hagen towards the end of 1
[Re: Turnbull]
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03/07/21 09:24 PM
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In the novel, Tom blamed himself for Sonny's death. "He knew, now, that he was no wartime consigliere. Old Genco would have smelled a rat." This is one of the occasions where the novel and film differ, in my opinion. In Part II, we see Genco almost literally wet himself when Fanucci gives him the eye. Vito, of course, saw through him immediately. So much so that he risks incurring his wrath by offering him much less than he demanded from the clothing heist. Of course there was no wrath because Fanucci was all facade. So would the movie's Genco have smelled a rat? Doubtful, given what we were shown of his judgement?
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Re: Michael & Hagen towards the end of 1
[Re: lucab19]
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03/07/21 10:21 PM
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As you said, the novel and the movie differ. Genco's cowardice toward Fanucci was an invention of GFII. The statement about Genco smelling a rat was strictly from the novel. What makes it convincing for me is that Tom had two strikes against him as consigliere. First, he wasn't Sicilian, second, he was a lawyer. As a non-Sicilian he didn't fully grasp the irrational (to him) Sicilian need for vengeance despite the overarching risks--which is what Carlo did. As a lawyer, Tom looked to reconcile differences and avoid trials (or shooting in Mob affairs), when what was needed was violence to combat violence. The telling phrase in the novel came after Michael agreed to kill Sol and Mac. If I recall correctly, Puzo wrote: "Hagen looked glum - the statesman forced to go to war. 'At least we know what we're going to do.'."
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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