He actually called that one guy you're talking about "gorgeous"
That's as close as they can get without actually calling him Basciano and having to pay him, I guess?
Are you fucking kidding me?
I didn't see it. But that movie is set in the very early nineties, right? I mean, it would have to be because that White Trash couple got whacked in '92.
Well, no one---I repeat that, no one---referred to Vinny that way until after he beat the dope case and bought the beauty parlor. And that wasn't until a few years later. Plus, no one really called him that anyway. Made nice headlines, though
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