When Tommy's mom wished him luck - SPOILER
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wordsatplaytoday — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 12:57 AM)
I really wonder if she knew what he did and that he was going to a "Getting made" ceremony?
He could have been lying to her about his life just as he did at the dinner table.
Of course he isn't going to tell his mom that he has a dead guy in the trunk out back but just how honest was he with her about everything else?
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TheMociety — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 06:56 AM)
For all we know, he told his mom that he got a new job and that's why she's congratulating him, but considering his father was part of the same lifestyle, chances are so is his mom in one way or another. So I do believe his Mom knew what was going on.
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cabal24 — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 07:05 AM)
Organized crime is an odd and somewhat fascinating culture.
Everyone knows about it and is proud of it but nobody talks about it. The Bensonhurst area for example, was at one point a hotbed of gangsters but if you went there and asked around you would get a lot of non responses.
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BiffGG — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 02:11 PM)
Of course she knew about the mafia and her son's connection to it. Tommy had been sent away to prison as referenced by his line to Henry : Say hello to the hacks for me. There would be no covering that up with Tommy's mother. Any trial would have been covered by the media along with a verdict and the neighbors would no doubt be asking about it. Those guys made the newspapers quite a bit back in those days and no doubt the mother got a glimpse of that whether she wanted to or not. After a certain point there is no avoiding it even if it personally pains you.
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WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(May 28, 2022 06:48 PM)
Did she know it might have been a set-up
What a really stupid thing to think about.
Obviously the dumb dip **** poster just saw that clip and not the whole movie.
If it had then it would have seen a sweet, dear old lady who adored her son.
There is no way the mafia would have let her in on the set up where she would have stopped him from going.
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