Awwwwww....you're so cruel!
Yes, I know Ginger's a trial and she did spiral into some really really bad choices, and I agree addicts are responsible for their own actions. But she was genuinely hurting inside, at least, and devastated about someone she loved (Lester) getting hurt. That seems to be what triggers her real slide into using Sam's painkillers.
In contrast, Nicky beat someone for two days then put their head in a vice! At least our little Ginger, even in her worst moments, didn't do anything like THAT!
On another note....how scummy (if at all) is Sam? You could say he's leaching off the entire population, as he knows they'll lose in his casino....but that's our American way : ) Does he do anything really bad in the movie, aside from break his promise to Ginger to let her go and take care of her financially if the marriage doesn't work out? (It's such a long movie and Sam's in so much of it, I can't remember everything he did.) (Oh God....is he the one who spits in the cop's sandwich?? I can't even watch that scene....the thought alone makes me hurl.)
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robert3750
9 years ago
As Joe Friday used to say, "just the facts". You could also say that Nicky was a loving father (Ginger was a godawful mother), but that mitigates nothing. Sam wasn't the one who spit in the sandwich. I think he really wanted to believe that he could have a good loving marriage with Ginger, but he was deluding himself. He also paid for his choices. I've always thought that people who gamble at casinos are, to put it bluntly, rather dumb, because the whole point of the business is to MAKE money, not LOSE money to the suckers. :)
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