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There is a big problem with being a crook: you work with crooks. The situation heats up. Both men have to make some painful choices. |
There is a big problem with being a crook: you work with crooks. The situation heats up. Both men have to make some painful choices. |
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* [[Becoming the Mask]]: While discovery puts Donnie at risk of being [[Deadly Euphemism|clipped]], staying undercover isn't safe either: where does the act end? He identifies with his fatherly mentor, and life makes more sense on the wrong side. |
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: While discovery puts Donnie at risk of being [[Deadly Euphemism|clipped]], staying undercover isn't safe either: where does the act end? He identifies with his fatherly mentor, and life makes more sense on the wrong side. |
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** The real Joe Pistone mentions this as a case of artistic license. While he had real friendship with Sonny Black, and found the rest of the wiseguys superficially charming, having to deal with their brutality and lack of any basic humanity day in and day out more or less reinforced his negative views of the Mafia. |
** The real Joe Pistone mentions this as a case of artistic license. While he had real friendship with Sonny Black, and found the rest of the wiseguys superficially charming, having to deal with their brutality and lack of any basic humanity day in and day out more or less reinforced his negative views of the Mafia. |
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* [[The Seventies]]: The setting. And the horrible tracksuit. In the Miami scenes it is odd to think [[Scarface]] is only a few years away from coming ashore. |
* [[The Seventies]]: The setting. And the horrible tracksuit. In the Miami scenes it is odd to think [[Scarface]] is only a few years away from coming ashore. |
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* [[Taking the Kids]]: What Maggie Pistone threatens to do when their marriage hits the rocks. |
* [[Taking the Kids]]: What Maggie Pistone threatens to do when their marriage hits the rocks. |
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* [[When You Coming Home Dad]]: Donnie is absent from his family for many months at a time. His wife's anger over his neglect is coming to a boil. It is digging a pit between him and his daughters. |
* [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]]: Donnie is absent from his family for many months at a time. His wife's anger over his neglect is coming to a boil. It is digging a pit between him and his daughters. |
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* [[Witness Protection]]: Where Donnie and his family end up. |
* [[Witness Protection]]: Where Donnie and his family end up. |
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* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Many central scenes show Donnie and Lefty sparing. And when Lefty finally accepts the possibility that Donnie is FBI: |
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Many central scenes show Donnie and Lefty sparing. And when Lefty finally accepts the possibility that Donnie is FBI: |
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