In the movie, The Bronx Tale, the main character, Collogero, stretches his boundaries and becomes part of many groups that most children his age, would never dare to join/be a part of. I would place Collogero and Sonny in separate groups. I think Collogero belongs in a protege/fellow role, where Sonny deserves the identity of a role model. The groups that I feel Collogero belongs to are, son, friend, and protege. All of these groups help describe Collogero as a person and how his childhood is effected.
Collogero belongs to the group of son because he is the son of his father and mother.
Collogero belongs to the group of friend because he is a friend of all his "club" members.
But, the most important and influential group Collogero belongs to and I feel is his "master identity," is as a protege to Sonny. Collogero takes Sonny words and actions and imitates them. Sonny takes Collogero under his wings and teaches him right from wrong. Due to this relationship, and his advice, Sonny ends of saving the life of Collogero.
Although at the end of the movie, Collogero is definitely know as a protege, throughout the movie, his master status does change. In the beginning, when we are first getting to know Collogero, his master status is as a son. When ever there is something problematic, Robert De Niro, who plays Collogero's father, is always the one to reprimand his son and place a punishment on him. As the movie rolls along, Collogero become more of a friend. He becomes active with guys around his neighborhood and is friendly with a girl. Although these status occur throughout the movie, he eventually falls into the status of protege.
I really did enjoy the movie and I think I would enjoy the one-man play as well.
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I disagree. Not only because it's Singer saying it, but I don't think that Sonny was using C as a "protege". I think he is so feared and has no one to actually go to or trust, that he wanted a young and innocent person like C around. I think Sonny had feelings too, he just didn't show them, and when he got lonely I think he used C as a friend and someone that didn't have to fear Sonny. I think he was more of a son to Sonny than a protege, because it seemed like Sonny wanted to give C a good life without dealing with the mob, like how he stops him from hanging wit the younger mobsters, and ends up saving his life. I think sonny wanted to give C a good life without using him as a protoge or making him be part of the neighborhood mob.
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