A sure sign of Anthony's hunger for affection and love from Michael is in the scene where Kay is visiting the children and as she getting ready to leave, we see her actually beg Anthony for a kiss. We hear aunt Connie yell at Anthony, commanding him to kiss his mother. Then when she is standing at the door, she again begs Anthony to give her a parting kiss. And then Michael walks in, and slams the door on Kay.

Anthony's refusal to kiss Kay tells me that the boy really was looking to be in his father's good graces. To be loved by his father. "See pop, I'm on your side, I don't respect mom either. I chose you over mom. I'm your son. All yours now"

Of course, like any other child, as Anthony grew up, he realized that his father was a cold hearted bastard, relized that his father was not capable of being the loving man that Anthony had wished him to be. He threw his mother out. He disrespected his mother in front of him. He even had an uncle killed. An uncle who had been there for him, unlike his own father. An uncle who was showing him the attention and love that his very own father did not show him. An uncle that he had grown to love. Someone who was willing to show him affection and spend time with him, a surrogate father. And not only did his own father hold back his own love for his son, but he was also responsible for destroying the love that his uncle provided him with, by having him killed.

The kid had issues, and those issues where caused by Anthony's thirst for love from Michael.


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