Is Michael Franzese genuinely reformed, or is his public speaking and his books (and his reformation) another money-making scam from somebody still connected with the life?
He's one of the very few likable ex mob guys...Never try's to play the tough guy, bragging about how many people he hurt etc..Never makes any bogus claims like Raquel Welch hitting on him etc..
Eh, on Jim Rome's podcast he claimed Livia Soprano was based on his mother, and that the Soprano's used taped conversations between her and Sonny as source material. Never know.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
