http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/palestine The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/life-art-life <p>I remember hearing once that FBI agents who had wiretaps on various mafia operations noted a change in the speaking style of the gangsters they were monitoring after Francis Ford Coppola's <i>The Godfather</i> was released in 1972.  The real gangsters began imitating the patois of their film counterparts, thoroughly identifying with their brutal ethos. </p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/life-art-life">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/life-art-life#comments Avatar Palestine The Godfather http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/614 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:27:40 -0800 Lee Konstantinou 614 at http://arcade.stanford.edu