tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049122836122328617.post3078747232080045271..comments2024-03-22T03:40:28.142-04:00Comments on Mostly Movies: "I'm Gonna Make Him an Offer He Can't Refuse.": Godfather Analysis Part IIIJason Ihlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232802662480421804noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049122836122328617.post-66154574767537047172012-05-05T13:40:21.466-04:002012-05-05T13:40:21.466-04:00I believe Brando said that he took on the role bec...I believe Brando said that he took on the role because he saw the story as social commentary and the Corleone empire as a symbol for corporate America. It is possible that Kay fell in love not only with Michael but with the idea of being part of a very wealthy and powerful family, albeit one that is very foreign to her experience. The look on Kay's (Diane Keaton's) face when Michael tells her the bandleader story is priceless. One can only imagine what's going on in her head. By the time Kay decides to abort her pregnancy (Part II), she has had quite enough of Michael's bloodthirst, enough to do something drastic, something that she herself regards as "unholy," in order to refuse to participate, in order to separate herself from the world of the Corleones. This represents the point of view of traditional, middle America, which rightly rejecs violence as a means to an end. Throughout the entire epic--the original and the two sequels--Kay is us.nsalmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07213774837219784774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049122836122328617.post-29562165121288564822012-05-05T01:14:04.190-04:002012-05-05T01:14:04.190-04:00good insight about Kay, but I wouldn't quite s...good insight about Kay, but I wouldn't quite say the Corleones are Corporate America. They're the American Dream made manifest and brought to light much more in the book and in "The Godfather Part II." In that sense we don't really need a conduit because we are all in love with the American Dream and we are virtually all (I'm speaking of Americans) immigrants or children of immigrants. So the Corleone story is our own story. That's what makes it so compelling.Jason Ihlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232802662480421804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049122836122328617.post-70412157172326334612012-05-04T12:29:39.277-04:002012-05-04T12:29:39.277-04:00Many fans of the film see Kay Adams as a traitor t...Many fans of the film see Kay Adams as a traitor to the Corleones (primarily because of her decision in Part II to abort Michael's and her would-be son). This misses her significance to the story. Kay is our conduit into the alien world of the Corleones. We, the audience, see that unorthodox world through the lens of Kay's very conventional eyes. If the Corleones are "them," then Kay is "us." If the Corleones symbolize corporate America, then Kay symbolizes decent Americans who try to live under the constraints that corporate America imposes on them.nsalmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07213774837219784774noreply@blogger.com