Originally posted by Mike's Bodyguard:
Turnbnull, you hit the nail on the head.
We tend to dramatize mafia types, and endow them with characteristics we see in mobsters in the movies.
Vito is smart and cunning, and seems to know what moves his enemies make before they make them.
Mike is cold and calculating, and also able to play three moves ahead of the game.
The old dons, because of the status they have achieved in the media, with programs like biography, and different web pages, seem to be Machiaveli like.
In reality, most of these bums are stupid beyond belief. Henry Hill? John Gotti? Sammy the Bull?
All three don't have the IQ of an ashtray.
Good point. If I recall from Sammy's biography, I don't think that he even made it to high school. I want to say he dropped out in 8th grade, but that may be inaccurate. Needless to say, he never wrote for the Harvard Review.
