"Prince was like a combination between Mozart, Charlie Chaplin and Michael Corleone".

In part 3 Sam discusses Prince's legacy with Hans-Martin Buff, and asks him why he chose to leave Paisley Park. Interesting discussion about 'the elders' - Chaka; Larry & Maceo - too.

https://how-can-u-just-leave-me-standing.simplecast.com/episodes/hans-martin-buff-in-interview-with-sam-bleazard-part-3

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Tokyo2 said:

"Prince was like a combination between Mozart, Charlie Chaplin and Michael Corleone".

In part 3 Sam discusses Prince's legacy with Hans-Martin Buff, and asks him why he chose to leave Paisley Park. Interesting discussion about 'the elders' - Chaka; Larry & Maceo - too.

https://how-can-u-just-leave-me-standing.simplecast.com/episodes/hans-martin-buff-in-interview-with-sam-bleazard-part-3

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Corleone? Really? Come on, Hans. Not funny at all.
(And yes, I understand what he meant, but still. Let's just not use the name of a criminal in the same sentence as Prince's.)

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Thanks. It's very interesting and insightful.

Kares said:

Tokyo2 said:

Corleone? Really? Come on, Hans. Not funny at all.
(And yes, I understand what he meant, but still. Let's just not use the name of a criminal in the same sentence as Prince's.)

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Nothing wrong about that. he said clearly "not meant in a nasty way"

The use of Corleone's fictional character story within the explanation of Hans makes perfect sense.

A perfect example of the hard wrong choice Prince made;

either you're in the Prince compound or not.

Vannormal said:

Kares said:

Corleone? Really? Come on, Hans. Not funny at all.
(And yes, I understand what he meant, but still. Let's just not use the name of a criminal in the same sentence as Prince's.)

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Nothing wrong about that. he said clearly "not meant in a nasty way"

The use of Corleone's fictional character story within the explanation of Hans makes perfect sense.

A perfect example of the hard wrong choice Prince made;

either you're in the Prince compound or not.

Meh... It's still cringe.

They've been humanized so the metaphor of the American Dream would hit properly, but the Corleone, father and son, are still despicable characters.
Mafiosis are the leeches of the world.

To root for them means having unconsciously absorbed the violence inherent to capitalism.
That's precisely where Puzzo and Coppola wanted to put their audience: in a very disturbing place. But you're only aware of it if you were taught to question the world. Otherwise, you're left staying on the surface of things.

"Pygmalion" would have been a better reference, but being a european one (and a much more refined one), little wonder it didn't land on the other side of the pond.

250 years on and still no culture worth of the term (except for a tad on the edges, but only because they remember they once were europeans).
Le sigh.

[Edited 1/21/26 22:30pm]