The Scalia “Gesture”: Obscene or Just in Bad Taste
Finally, someone went to speak with real experts. In today’s edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a reporter went to South Philadelphia to speak with experts on all gestures Italian. The results were, shall we say, “mixed". There is even a certified expert in the article (a new Yorker BTW), who testifies about the meaning of Italian gestures in criminal trials. But the crux of the story is whether or not he actually said what the Boston reporter says he said, which is what The Godfather’s daughter, Connie Corleone, did say several times to her husband as she broke all the dishes in her dining room. That story (no, not Connie, but the story about Scalia) is here.
Update...
In another shocking blow to the free press, looks like the photographer who took the Scalia photo was fired by the Archdiocese of Boston. Here is the Boston Herald story.
And still more... The Sopranos weigh in (if you will pardon the expression) on the controversy. Here.