This week's Time Magazine features a Q&A with legendary actor Al Pacino in which he sounds off on how the media portrays Italian-Americans. Kind of.
Says Pacino: "Explain to me what Italian-American culture is. We've been here 100 years. Isn't Italian-American culture American culture? That's because we're so diverse, in terms of intermarriage. Most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me."
First of all, um, what? Secondly, here at bene, we take exception to the idea that centuries of rich Italian culture have been lost over a few generations of breeding in the New World. Apparently, Mr. Pacino has taken some liberties with the old melting pot concept. Harumph.
Your Comments
i love al pacino, i do not love that quote. so if you're half italian, you're not as good as big al? bogus
Posted by: samantha | June 21, 2007 05:29 PM