Originally Posted By: Guiseppe Petri
 Originally Posted By: Frank_Nitti
Now hang on a second.. I agree that Micheal, Connie (& Merle), Frankie, Deanna (obviously), were all drinking VERY heavily. We've never known Michael to drink at all, yet he has several drinks throughout that party. However, Fredo is a different story all together. Compared to his condition at Connie's wedding he was completely sober. The Fredo at Connie's wedding and the Fredo at Anthony's communion are two VERY different ppl......almost night and day in fact. He's stone faced and alert during those opening scenes at Anthony's party, his mind is cluttered, and it's not only cluttered with thoughts of his drunken-slut wife. Johnny Ola is going to be at the party, so Fredo has to be very careful not to let on that they know each other. Yes, yes... I'm quite certain that Fredo had things other than alcohol on his mind that day, a LOT of things

but nitti, also remember that fredo was drunk at the bar in cuba watching the superman show and ley slip about ola and roth knowing about tha bar and going there. how much more could he have had to drink at either one. at anthonys party you could assume that he was drinking at the house all night long. at the bar scene we only see them arriving just in time or shortly before for supermans show. unless they were bar hoping which is not shown or alluded to, how juch did fredo have at the bar or how strong were the drinks or is fredo a light weight when he drinks. he makes those comments loud enought for the whole group to hear knowing mike would hear when he already told mike he didnt know or never met ola or roth, when he makes those comments and turns around and would have had to see how close mike was standing to him.


Well, he was pretty piss-drunk and stupid at the Superman Show, and that's why he blabbed his deepest, darkest secret ALOUD. ;\)

But I purposely didn't mention the Havana sequence b/c I think that Fredo's treachery ends with the botched Tahoe attempt*. I don't think he had any direct involvement in Roth's Havana plan or any plans thereafter the time of the Tahoe shooting. After all, he told Johnny Ola not to call him anymore. Remember? ;\)


*Granted, he could have informed his brother about Quesdadt's involvement, but he was greedy enough to sit back and watch Michael and Roth fight it out for control of gambling in the Western Hemisphere. If Roth wins, and Michael is either killed or sent to prison for perjury, then Fredo could possibly take over as don(?) of the Corleone Family; if Michael wins, then Fredo is still in the clear and comes out even. He's in a can't lose situation, until, his drunken blunder in front of that SUPERman. ;\)