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Re: Paulie in goodfellas
[Re: Zaf-the-don]
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07/08/07 06:09 PM
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In theory, a Mob boss at any level protects himself by giving orders to subordinates one at a time, so there are no corroborating witnesses to nail him. In other words, if the guy he gave the order to turns rat, the prosecutors would need another (corroborating) witness to bring an indictment and get a convici tion. You saw Paulie do this a couple of times--when Tuddi (and young Henry) knock on his door in the rain to get his orders (and Tuddi, not Paulie, makes the call); and when he's grilling sausages and someone whispers something in his ear.
But, as a practical matter, only the Don has the day-to-day wherewithal to give orders to a consigliere, who gives them to an underboss, etc. A capo is still a street boss, and will often have to give orders to more than one person. And anyway, "Goodfellas" was a movie, and Scorsese needed to show Paulie interacting with others.
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Re: Paulie in goodfellas
[Re: MiniMafiaBoss]
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06/09/08 05:09 PM
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I couldn't find anything that says Vario was the Lucchese Boss. And nobody here is claiming he was.
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