I thought I was nice.... Godfather Of Harlem .....Another scene that is full of shit (NSFW)

Here is another scene where they get it all wrong. They have Costello negotiating with Joe Boannao played by one of our favorite phony Mafia actors Chaz Palmentiri from "The Bronx Tale." Now that was a good freakin' movie.

Still they have the Chin saying he gave Joe Banana's the docks in Brooklyn. Well everyone knows that the docks and especially the Union were controlled by the Gambinos. If anyone else had any pull it was the Colombo's.  So the scene where Costello is the go between out in the open with the Chin and Joe is just a big bag of bullshit.

Still it is well acted.

We need more Mafia shows not less.

Godfather Of Harlem .....check it out.

Check out our pal Evi's review at his excellent blog "Evil Blogger Lady."

I agree with most of his review except for the fact that he doesn't give Vincent D'Onofrioi his due as the Mafia's Vinnie the Chin Gigante.

They get some of the details right such as The Chin confessing to his brother who was a Catholic priest and politician who was actually elected to the City Council to run the  Mafia's business with the city. They make a big thing about Frank Costello working as a go between Chin and Bumpy Johnson. In fact the last time Costello saw the Chin was when he shot him in the head. The Chin was Vito Genovese driver and got the contract to put the hit on Costello who was a rival for power in the family that was originally controlled by Lucky Luciano. Subsequently they had no dealings. In fact Costello was officially retired and seldom left his apartment. He didn't influence Tammany Hall anymore. If the Mob wanted something in those days they went directly to Carmine Desapio who was in their pocket.

The other thing they screw up is the influence of Fat Tony Salerno who was the official boss much the way Junior was in the Soprano's with the Chin as the real "street" boss. He had to at least have a cameo and if anyone was to be approached as a go between with the other families it would be him not Costello.

Anyhoo I know a lot about the Mafia part and not so much about the black part. The only thing I do know is that the "Fruit of Islam" was just as tough as they show in the scenes with Malcom X. I know a couple of guys who hired them to be bouncers at various clubs in the city. Nobody fucked with them. That was some serious shit.

Check it out on EPIX or better yet the Amazon Firestick. As Evi says it is worth the look. As is Evi's excellent blog especially his continuing Rule 5 segments. Support our fellow bloggers!!!!