Yeah it was disturbing and sad to watch because the guy didn't do anything. Restaurants are such a fun place, and serve
-
-
PatrickGH91 — 12 years ago(February 17, 2014 06:18 PM)
Disturbed? No. I didn't buy it. I figure wiseguys have, or at least pretend to have, more class than that and, although they're capable of horrific things when necessary, wouldn't go to that extent to prove a point and defend the pride of an associate they've only known for a relatively short time. Seems to me in reality they'd sooner use force against Donnie for being petulant and embarrassing them in public than cause a scene with the innocent waiter in his place of business, which is generally bad manners and not worth their time.
-
degree7 — 11 years ago(April 21, 2014 09:46 PM)
Don't forget, "wise guys" are just street thugs dressed in nice clothes. They have about as much class as an axe murderer.
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness. -
manage-932-700755 — 11 years ago(June 03, 2014 02:08 PM)
Look, because of the Japs, Donnie had to grow up in a fuxxxckin orphanage. The Americans won the war that the Japs started. Why should Donnie or anyone else have to take of his or her shoes if they don't want to?
This scene reminded me of the somewhat similar scene involving an uppity Korean storekeeper in "Falling Down." Do you know how much money our country has given to these Asian countries?
The Jap in "Donnie Brasco" should have backed off. The customer is always right. And, as Donnie said, we won the war. And the U.S. has given the Japs a lot of money. -
gary_w_trott — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 04:17 PM)
I've seen Donnie Brasco probably 10 times and the scene where they bash the Japanese guy in the tiolet of the Japanese restaurant never gets any easier for me. Everytime I mention this to others who have seen this film, I get the impression that nobody else is as affected by the scene as me. Anyone else find that scene DEEPLY disturbing?
I agree with you. More than any other scene in this genre I think that this gives a good demonstration of what brutally violent bullies these people actually are. What they did was savagely beat someone because he insisted that they honor the rules of the establishment. So far as we know this man had no connection whatsoever to the mob or any other criminal activityhe just made the mistake of insisting that this bunch of thugs respect his right to run his business the way that he choses. -
sybil11 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 10:17 AM)
Lol, 11 years late to this thread But, yes sort of! I was wondering if anyone mentioned it on here & looks like you did! I agree it was quite disturbing, & yeah yeah - It's just a movie, it didn't really happen, there are worse scenes out there. But idk, I was sort of shocked, i think mostly because of the dialogue, & much less the violence (i know, how weird lmao), but at the same time, not really, since it was integral to the film in a way.