good points from bella and turnbull...bella you said it would be somewhat confusing for the audience to understand why frankie would protest without the "phrase" from rosatto. but to tell you the truth i was confused when i first saw the movie and michael was telling roth; "frankie is a dead man, you dont object?" and then he goes and tells frankie it was roth that tried to kill him. from an audience stand point it would seem that, similar to what turnbull said, it was made to look like a set up for frankie five angels.
robert

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