![]() ![]() Anyone who has worked in politics will testify that the story is a set text for candidates, their advisers and those who watch them. Michael, son of mafia boss Don Corleone, is the archetypal prince who cannot be free, and is eventually transformed and hardened by his duty.īut The Godfather also exists as a template beyond the realm of art. Watch the first season of The Crown and you soon realise that it is The Godfather narrative that is unfolding before you, with a young Elizabeth cast as the reluctant heir who, like Michael Corleone, “couldn’t cut loose from the family until the crisis was over”. “What Michael wanted was out, out of all this, to lead his own life,” Puzo writes. ![]() Stripped to its essentials, this is a story of unwanted succession, of an heir to the throne who yearns to escape his destiny. It’s become a fundamental narrative deeply embedded in the collective psyche, regularly adapted and reworked for radically different settings. M ario Puzo’s The Godfather now functions the way fairytales or Bible stories do. ![]()
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