Ha! 😎 Metaphor, Subtext.

All those times THE GODFATHER has come across my table and only NOW do I get the opening in- joke

...that The Don refuses the family portrait

...we don't do this without Michael!! 👍

Then the story finally kicks in once Michael/Pacino and Kay/Keaton stand with the rest of the main cast for the portrait

Coppola had won his casting tussle with the Studio

CLICK!

#CinemaScholars 🎬
#NETFLIX #TheGodfather
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