Da TOIKEY!!!!
Did anyone else just crack up hysterically during that scene? In such a serious movie, it’s gotta be the unintentionally funniest scene ever in an American movie. Peace.
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It was funny...but it was the beginning of the end for the extended family. It seems every family has a "toikey" in its closet. My aunts and uncles never talked after a squabble about an inheritance. To this day, there is still a rift in our family.
shareI totally agree. I think it just goes to show that so many family arguments and rifts start over silly things like cutting the turkey and turn into an all-out battle between family members. It turned into "you got rich and moved out here to the suburbs, you think you're better than us because you have money, you have no respect for your family," etc.
I think that because we're kind of seeing the whole story through the eyes of Michael, the child, it kind of puts things into perspective and puts the humorous aspect into that scene. Look at silly Grandpa and Great-Uncle Gabriel--they started fighting over a turkey and now they don't talk to each other anymore!
And yes, I think every family who has multiple generations here in America has gone through this in one way or another, whether they lived in Baltimore or elsewhere or were Jewish or otherwise. The movie really speaks volumes about this.
Something like the turkey problem is really not the problem It is likely an underlying problem buried for years. There was probably some resentment between the two brothers for a long time. Seems that Gabriel felt unappreciated by his brother for bringing him to the U.S. in the first place.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?
Good point, JR541. Although it seemed like a silly reason for them to stop speaking to each other, there was probably some other 'beef' there between the two of them that had not been expressed. After the family circle meeting where they have the falling out, Gabriel does speak about how it was because of HIM that Sam came to the USA, and it was because of HIM that Sam had been able to own the nightclub.
To the original poster - we still talk about cutting "the toikey" to this day in my family. Back when I first saw this film, we said that it was a good thing that Gabriel was not in our family! He would have arrived late, and heard, "Man, you should have gotten here earlier, you missed it. The food was GOOD too!"
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No Kidding Slimcity321. Heaven forbid he should show up on time. And once all that food is put up, it stays up until the next meal time. Too bad.
share^Darn right, ckfeeney!
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