Originally posted by BronxKing:
[quote]Originally posted by Turnbull:
[b]An excellent movie was made about the Bananna Wars: "Honor Thy Father," starring Joseph Bologna as Bill Bonanno..."That was a pretty good one, but Joseph Bologna didn't seem to me like the stereotypical "mob type". Being younger and more foolhardy than now, I let that bug me into not enjoying the movie as I probably would if I saw it now. I guess the real Bill B. was in fact
most likely not the "type", especially after reading the book.[/b][/quote]You're right, BK: he really wasn't a genuine Mob type. All he had going to him was total loyalty to his father. But he had neither the force nor the clout to be a true successor. But he was a college grad, intelligent, and he makes for a somewhat sympatico figure (if you get by all the BS he puts out about his father).