Apple, I don't necessarily agree with your chracterization of Vincent or the Corleone family under his leadership. But, consider that the Bonanno Family under Joe Bonanno's successors has been in serious decline for the past two decades. Even so, it is still quite a potent force in the underworld. So, the write off the Corleones in any script would be, at least, premature

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