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Irony in the names
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02/08/13 04:50 AM
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I just thought a bit about the names, particularly Sonny and Michael.
Santino means "little saint" and it's pretty funny, knowing his nature.
Michael means "Who is like God?" as a rhetorical question, and indeed, he could never be like Vito, even though he was the most talented son. Not to mention how instead of fighting against evil like his patron saint, he gives in to it and unlike Vito, who could remain a (mostly) good man despite being a criminal, he ends up cold, unforgiving, paranoid and sometimes needlessly cruel.
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Re: Irony in the names
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02/08/13 10:09 AM
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I always thought it was funny that the undertaker was named Bonasera ("good evening"), since he deals with people after the sun has set on their lives.
"A man in my position cannot afford to be made to look ridiculous!"
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Re: Irony in the names
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02/10/13 11:38 PM
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And Connie .... Constanza .... means something like the steady one... which she certainly wasnt!
Then there's Roth who's first name was Hyman ..... not gonna touch that one!
Thomas (Hagen) means "twin" which he was not, but was trying to be. If you come from Sicily, in the US, the longer version of Connie, would be Concetta. Of course, this is the american nickname. In Sicily, they'd never use the name Connie, as it sounds like cane (pronounced like connie lol), which means "dog" in Italian. Nevertheless, Connie=Concetta to Sicilians.
La madre degli idioti e' sempre incinta.
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Re: Irony in the names
[Re: Danito]
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02/11/13 09:47 AM
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I always thought it was funny that the undertaker was named Bonasera ("good evening"), since he deals with people after the sun has set on their lives. When I lived in NJ, one of my town's dentists was Dr.Fang. The name of the gynaecologist of my wife was Musch (the English equivalent would be "Puss"). A couple of months ago she change to Dr. Loch (Engl. equivalent: "Hole"). The meaning of Barzini is brewster - female brewer. No irony here. Growing up on Long Island, my brother had a friend whose parents were both gynecologists. Their last name? Handwerker.
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