Word: gangsterized
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...recognizes Paul Vitti from the newspaper pictures; he practically has an anxiety attack of his own when Paul interrupts a therapy session to say that he needs counseling. "What is my goal here?" Ben asks. "To make you a happy, well-adjusted gangster?" No, Paul says; there's a big meeting of the country's major Mafia families in two weeks, and he can't afford to appear weak. He needs a quick cure. Ben takes the case-how can he say no to the man with the hired guns? and thus begins a wild romp that shifts rapidly between...
Given the premise of Analyze This, we have certain expectations. We know that there must be a) a scene in which Robert De Niro embarrasses himself by spouting touchy-feely psychobabble to his Mafia rivals and b) a scene in which Billy Crystal is called upon to impersonate a gangster. I will spare you the suspense; both of these scenes are indeed in the film, one of them more than once. But the film has surprises, even within the more predictable scenes. Primo Sindone (Chazz Palminteri)'s reaction to Paul's expressed desire for "closure" is priceless...
...important to Combs' popularity is the high-style, fun-loving, money-making persona he cultivates. After the murders of B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, many music fans soured on gangsta rap's verbal gunslinging. Combs' videos portrayed a stylish, monied crowd more concerned with the good life than living out gangster fantasies--"ghetto high fashion," he calls it. Offstage too Combs cuts a swashbuckling figure. In white-on-white suits and a black bowler, he is chauffeured around in a Bentley, and hangs his hat in a cavernous $14 million Manhattan mansion that he shares with his girlfriend, Kim Porter...
This wasn't the first time we've morally transgressed on a news story. Weren't you kind of hoping the ATF-Koresh standoff would go on forever? And--at least when he was the sunglassed gangster in the hoodie and not the Manson-like recluse--the Unabomber? And Desmond Pfeiffer? Maybe I'm alone on that...
Luciano also led the trend in gangster chic. He lived large, in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria. Expensive and elegant suits, silk shirts, handmade shoes, cashmere topcoats and fedoras enhanced his executive image. There was always a beautiful woman, a showgirl or a nightclub singer on his arm. Sinatra and actor George Raft were pals...