Forget about it!

The real "Donnie Brasco" - Joseph Pistone, the guy in the left

Joseph Pistone from his real life undercover

IS IT WORTH IT?

The Mafia also known as the Cosa Nostra is as many of you know a Sicilian secret society and is the fancy name for organized crime in general. As I was snuggling up next to my boyfriend munching away on chocolate and candy bars preparing for a night of action I starting thinking of movies as Scarface,The Godfather trilogy, Goodfellas, Carlitos way and so on. I love Al Pacino and Johnny Depp and they made a movie, Donnie Brasco which is one of the best mafia movies ever made in my opinion, not only because they are such great actors, but because the movie is based on true events which makes it so much more fascinating.

I think it is absolutely fucked up, and I must say, you gotta have some balls to be an undercover FBI agent to infiltrate one of the largest mafia families  and stay under cover for six years in order to bring down about 200 people of the most dangerous families in New York.

This happened in the late seventy's so it's a long time ago, but these things shook up the Big Apple and keep happening all over the world at this moment.

To go undercover to become the opposite of what you know and was trained for must be one of the hardest things a human being can go through. To live under pressure and constant death treat and not knowing if you are going home alive or in a body bag and constantly being surrounded by the enemy like that,well lady's and gentlemen it takes big "cojones" that's all I got to say about that.

The real Donnie Brasco is named Joseph Pistone, and is a real hero, the "acting" he did for six years undercover is the kind of acting that never gives you an Oscar but saves lives.

Donnie Brasco is just one of these movies you never forget when you see them.

The most popular line has to be "Forget about it" but it's pronounced with a heavy Vice guy New York accent. And they probably say that line like a hundred times in the movie and it is hilarious every  time they do so. They are the anti heroes the vice guys as appalling  and fascinating, they are the true anarchist of our time, they don't have the rules that we obey, they make up there own rules. They have their own pride and moral and everything you do is for the family and if you don't obey, well we all know what will happen to those who don't....cement shoes in the Hudson river anyone!?

From the far east you got the Yakoza and they are one of the largest organized crime organisations in the world to the Triads in China to the Cosa Nostra, they are considered small compared to these two crime organisations. They all have one thing in common, they will do anything for power and money no matter what the price might be.

Soldiers of the dark side of or modern civilisation but you can't help as a by stander to become intrigued by all these violent actions and by the fact that people are willing to go to these extents to feel apart of something no matter if it's good or bad.

The organized crime syndicates are like multimillion dollar companies except their activity include lovely things like, drug trafficking, contract murders, money laundering, prostitution, gambling and other forms of racketeering. Another major income source these days are counterfeiting of clothing, computer and software etc. So next time you buy a fake bag you might reconsider, it might be a cheap price for you but it cost more money then you think.

Does child labour ring a bell? Well all I can say guys is that unfortunately real life and movies don't always go well together, real people get hurt and real people dies and this is something we all should try to change if we can and think twice before you by things that are fakes and copy's and ask yourself, is it worth it?

One more thing I just love this conversation in the movie:

FBI tecnichian (Nelson) - What's "forget about it?"

Donnie Brasco - "Forget about it" it's like if you agree with someone, you know like "Raquel Welsh is one great piece of ass" forget about it." But then if like you disagree like, " A Lincoln is better then a Cadilac, "forget about it!" you know? But then, it's also like if something the greatest ting in the world like Mingrios pepper's "forget about it."

But it's also like saying like "go to hell! too. Like, you know, like " Hey Paulie you got a one inch pecker?, and Paulie says forget about it. Sometimes it just means forget about it.

Keep informed and stay on the tracks.

Remember knowledge is power and it's what you choose to do with that information that makes a difference.

xoxo

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