The fact that there is such confusion over the ceremony (LCN's most important, most historical, most Italian aspect) shows us how assimilation has arrived earlier in Chicago than anywhere else in the North East.

I don't even consider Chicago LCN anymore. You have a mix of Italian, Polish, German and Irish guys who do business together. Let's call it Caucasian Mob.

P. LEOTARDO: Listen to me. They make anybody and everybody over there. And the way that they do it, it's all fucked up. Guys don't get their finger pricked. There's no sword and gun on the table...

A. CIANFLONE: Phil...

P. LEOTARDO: No, Albie, either it has meaning or no meaning.