Use a humorous way to explain the process of the underworld boss out of the shadow of childhood

Cassandra 2021-11-16 08:01:27

Very cute triad boss, very cute psychotherapist, these two men appear in the movie like a pair of live treasures, making the movie full of American humor.
Unlike the triad boss in my imagination, I feel that the triad boss is not too cold. He has his own complex and psychological problems. Although he will show resistance to psychotherapy when he meets a psychologist, the power of this resistance is not very strong. Great, and he knows how to see a psychiatrist at an appropriate time, which shows that he still has a certain self-help ability. However, if it is an early childhood shadow, it will be difficult to treat it. In the movie, the underworld boss cried to the psychologist several times. Perhaps a big man crying like this is funny but a little embarrassing. And I think that when he cries or even cries bitterly at the psychiatrist, he is alive like a helpless little boy, transferring his feelings for his father to his feelings for the psychiatrist, which happens to be a good one. Treatment opportunity. The psychiatrist also understood the boss’s psychological problems, so he risked his life to help the underworld boss heal, demonstrating the brilliance and greatness of humanity.
However, there are too many funny plots in this film, and the psychotherapy process is not shown in detail, and its content is reduced because of this. Maybe this is also due to box office considerations. After all, this film has some commercial elements.

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  • [Paul is anxious about his impotence]

    Dr. Ben Sobel: I have to say, not being able to perform three or four times...

    Boss Paul Vitti: Eight times.

    Dr. Ben Sobel: ...eight times, is not catastrophic.

    Boss Paul Vitti: Well, maybe not to you, look at you. But if I can't get it up, that makes me less of a man, and I can't have that. In my world I deal with animals, Doctor. They may seem dumb to an educated guy like you, but make no mistake, Doctor, animals are very cunning, and they sense weakness.

  • Boss Paul Vitti: [narrating] 1957 was a big year. The Russians put that Sputnik into outer space, the Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field to say goodbye to Brooklyn, that guy shot Frank Costello in the head, and missed, and the Gallo brothers whacked Albert Anastasia in the barber shop of the Sheraton View hotel. It was total chaos. With Anastasia out of the way, Vito Genovese figures he's the big boss. But Carlo Gambino and Joe Bananas, they had other ideas. So they called a meeting. A big meeting.