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Cultural Familiarity Dilutes First Viewings
- The Godfather entered culture as a pre-digested artifact we already
Mob As Parallel Society
- The Godfather tapped into 1970s anxieties about authority and immigrant exclusion.
- It made the mafia feel like a parallel society protecting communities excluded by mainstream institutions.
Puzo's Cash-Driven Origin
- Mario Puzo wrote The Godfather largely from research and financial need, not lived mafia experience.
- The book became a runaway bestseller despite Puzo admitting he 'never met a real, honest god gangster.'