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That's because mafia refers to itself as "Cosa Nostra", "'Ndrangheta", "Camorra", and "Sacra Corona Unita" depending on where in Italy is originated from.
by trumbitta2 7y ago
That's because mafia refers to itself as "Cosa Nostra", "'Ndrangheta", "Camorra", and "Sacra Corona Unita" depending on where in Italy is originated from.
- WilliamEdward 7y ago"Ruddy also agreed that the script wouldn’t include “Cosa Nostra,” another name for the mafia"
- james-imitative 7y agoReally? How bizarre.
- tomnj 7y agoAlso mentioned in godfather part 2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&t=4m26s&v=L6DkVsssnmQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&t=4m26s&v=L6DkV...
- aguyfromnb 7y agoFrom the article: "So Paramount agreed and [the League] thought it’d won this great victory despite the fact there was only one use of ‘mafia’ in the script.”
- wool_gather 7y agoAlthough Corleone does greet Barzini right at the beginning, at Connie/Carlo's wedding, by saying "Benvenuto a casa nostra" -- "Welcome to our house" -- which I always figured was a mild pun of sorts on the writers' parts.
- rumanator 7y ago> because mafia refers to itself as "Cosa Nostra" Doesn't "Cosa Mostra" translate to "this thing of ours"?
- scoutt 7y agoYes. Pretty much. "our thing" maybe. To add to OP, mafia or cosa nostra is just Sicilian, ndrangheta is Calabrian, camorra is from Naples/Campania. Usually the word mafia is used worldwide to refer to organized crime in general, but mafia there is just one. If you ask a person from Naples if there is mafia there, they'd say: we have no mafia, we have camorra.
- stebann 7y agoYes. Ans if you ask someone if that is bad they'll reply "No, that's how it works". There's no crime or illegal thing when you consider the activities from the inside, in this culture some people even deny its existence.