Motion pictures – Godfather films and the 2020 presidential election

Second Godfather second — the funeral. Funerals are for the dwelling, not the lifeless. Probably the most highly effective moments within the Godfather was when the heads of the opposite prime mob households all confirmed up for Don Corleone’s (the Godfather’s) funeral. Many in attendance hated the Don, actually at the very least one had tried to kill him. But they had been all there to supply their condolences to the Corleone household. But even on the funeral the Don’s enemies had been laying the groundwork for one more assault towards the Don’s household (Michael, the son). Trump vs Biden? In fact! Funerals performed a key function on this election. We had three distinguished funerals monopolize the media, and rightfully so. The deaths of Senator John McCain, Congressman John Lewis and George Floyd all performed a task within the election. Does anybody not consider that Trump wouldn’t have carried Arizona with out the McCain household becoming a member of forces with Biden? The margin of victory for Biden was razor skinny and McCain was an Arizona legend. Talking of legends, the snubbing of John Lewis harm many within the Black neighborhood. Do you not assume that some people labored further arduous in Atlanta (the place he was a Congressman for 30 years) to defeat Trump in one other razor-thin election? George Floyd’s demise within the Midwest — Detroit and Milwaukee performed key roles in razor-thin elections.. In none of those circumstances would a speech be anticipated or desired, simply your presence.

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The third and final scene that ties to the Trump –Biden election is delicate, however pivotal to Michael Corleone’s triumph. When driving down a Havana avenue in the course of the rise of Fidel Castro, Michael sees rebels struggling, preventing, resisting arrest from the army police. As an alternative of being arrested, the insurgent makes use of a hidden grenade to explode the army police, turning it right into a suicide mission. What Michael realizes on this unscripted occasion was that the rebels in Cuba hated their existence and needed to combat perceived injustice to the purpose of demise, if want be. Michael understood from that instance that the rebels might win. He hedged his guess and had an exit plan from Cuba unbeknownst to pals and foes. Trump–Biden? Precisely! Trump missed his Michael Corleone avenue instance as a result of he by no means went to see the Black households who had been in ache over the demise of an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, or any of the opposite households, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for instance, — which he misplaced by a really slim margin as effectively.

An unscripted go to to both household, welcomed or unwelcomed by Black leaders, would have melted the Black neighborhood just a little extra and with the closeness of the election, that “little more” would have been sufficient. Trump would have understood the diploma of ache all Blacks had been emotions. He would have altered his technique, identical to Michael did within the Godfather.

This transformation together with the opposite two modifications and the election end result would have been completely different.