Originally posted by I'M GERMAN-IRISH:
[QUOTE] ...I think it was real sweet of Michael to wait until his obliviously dense Mother croaked before he had Fredo killed(she was so thick he could have told her that Fredo ran away to join the circus.)As for making up for the sake of Connie, what difference did that make? he knew that it was a sham and she was going to lose her brother, it all depended on when the time was right.I agree he wasn't frigid, he was a sociopath.
I never considered Mama 'dense'. In any case, Michael did not want his mother to endure the loss of another son.
As for the reconcilliation, I would think he went on with it more for Fredo's sake than Connie's, even though it was she who went to plead the case.
He could've just as easily refused.
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