Originally posted by Sammy_The_Fish:
Of course, a real family in LCN would have more like five or six capos, but imagine how difficult a story that would be to tell- by way of comparison, in Season 1 of The Sopranos-Jackie Aprile was the Boss and had his own crew, Junior was the outgoing underboss (with his own crew), Tony was the incoming underboss (with his own crew), Silvio was consigliere (but may have had his own crew), Paulie Walnuts and Big Pussy each had a crew- that's 5, maybe 6 crews, for a total of between 60 and 70 or so made guys in the family. After six seasons, we're still in the process of seeing how everything pans out for a family that began a huge change simply because the boss (Jackie Aprile) died of cancer.
Sammy the Fish
Well said Sammy and a perfect analogy. Without turning this into a Sopranos discussion, what you've said is exactly right. After six seasons we are still trying to figure out who's in charge of what crew and how things will turn out. That's after 6 full seasons.
So it would have been impossible for FFC, not to mention confusing to the viewer, to show 7 or 8 different Capos and their crews in a 2 /12 hour movie.
Don Cardi
