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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
It's been a while since I've seen II, and this may be obvious, but I think it was more subtle than just wacking Frankie. I think the larger, more ominous implication was that the Witness Protection Program won't mean shit to people who know enough about you that they can get to your family in Sicily.
To this day, I can't say a Hail Mary without the hair standing on the back of my neck.
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I think you mean wacking Frankie's brother, not Frankie.
I've posed the original question to my brother, and he gave the same answer as Spookyfish: The brother's presence is supposed to let Frankie know that if he blabs, the brother is history.
But I've always felt there was more to it than an overt threat to Frankie's family members. The way Michael and Tom treat the brother is not the way you treat someone you're thinking of wacking. The brother also does not strike me as someone who would carelessly allow his safety to be comprosmised. He is, as Frankie tells us, some who "could have been real big over here".
Also, there is the way the brother looks at Frankie as Frankie exits the hearing. To me, the brother's look says, "What the fuck are you doing? This is not the way we handle things. I'm very disappointed."
