The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
The hosts enumerate ten lessons drawn directly from the movie’s dialogue and customs.
In the discussion (10)
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- Remember that it is business rather than personal.
- Never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking.
- In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.
- Never take sides against your family in public.
- Treat a trusted intermediary sent by your biggest rival as a possible assassination setup.
- No Sicilian can refuse a request on his daughter’s wedding day.
- After a public shooting, drop the gun and walk away without running or making eye contact.
- Vito’s claim that women and children may be careless but men may not is identified as a lesson that has aged badly.
- Cook meatballs and sausages first, then add them and wine to the tomato sauce.
- A man who does not spend time with his family can never be a real man.