Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai: Difference between revisions

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* [[The Don]]: Ray Vargo, although he seems to care about nothing except his daughter anymore, so the Family is falling apart.

* [[Double Standard]]: Hard to tell if it's being deconstructed or played for very dark laughs. Louie is horrified by a fellow mobster (who seems like [[Not So Harmless|bumbling, helpless nice guy]]) killing an [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] female police officer. The following conversation occurs.

{{quote| '''Louie:''' Jesus, Vinny. You just iced a woman, you know that?~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Louie:''' Jesus, Vinny. You just iced a woman, you know that?

'''Vinny:''' You know what you are, Louie? You're a fuckin' male chauvinist pig.~~<br />~~

'''Vinny:''' You know what you are, Louie? You're a fuckin' male chauvinist pig.

'''Louie:''' What do you mean, I'm a male chauvinist pig? You just shot a broad.~~<br />~~

'''Louie:''' What do you mean, I'm a male chauvinist pig? You just shot a broad.

'''Vinny:''' A cop. I just shot a ''cop''. They wanna be equal? I made her equal. }}

* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: The relationship between Ray Vargo and his daughter Louise. {{spoiler|He's bankrupting The Family for the sake of her trust fund. She's rebellious. He has her sleazy lover assassinated, (despite said lover being a Made Man within his crime family) then puts out a [[Contract on the Hitman]] because Louise was there and traumatized by it. They don't speak a word to each other in the scenes they share. When Ray dies at Ghost Dog's hands, Louise avenges him. There's probably another movie's worth of material just in telling the whole story between them.}}

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* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: The Italian mobsters' conversation goes off on an incredibly racist tangent about how black guys and Indians continually name themselves after animals... and at the end of the conversation one of them yells for an underling named Sammy the Snake.

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]

{{quote| ''You shot me in'' the exact same fucking place ''as last time!'' }}

{{quote|''You shot me in'' the exact same fucking place ''as last time!'' }}

* [[I Owe You My Life]]: played straight.

* [[Loners Are Freaks]]

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* [[Notable Original Music]]: the soundtrack composed by RZA of the [[Wu-Tang Clan]].

* [[Old School Chivalry]]: As said by Ghost Dog before {{spoiler|cowboy duel with Louie}},

{{quote| ...[[Born in the Wrong Century|we're from different ancient tribes. And now, we're both almost extinct]]. Sometimes... you gotta stick with the ancient ways. The old-school ways.}}

{{quote|...[[Born in the Wrong Century|we're from different ancient tribes. And now, we're both almost extinct]]. Sometimes... you gotta stick with the ancient ways. The old-school ways.}}

** Also, {{spoiler|Vinny}} mentioned that "One good thing about this Ghost Dog guy... [[Worthy Opponent|he's taking us out in the old way]]. Like ''real'' fucking gangsters."

* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: What's a bullet or two in the shoulder?