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Before he pulls the trigger, Kilvinsky tells Roy that he believes policemen are "the new centurions, holding the line against the barbarians." The film is in no way at odds with such an elaborate, self-righteous view of the constabulary. None of these centurions are on the take, none corrupted or vicious or even cynical. To be sure, Roy's wife leaves him and he hits the bottle for a while, but he, like the other cops, is portrayed as a lonely battler against iniquity, mostly unloved and generally misunderstood...
...mobsters, the theory holds, makes for fewer mobsters. Even if that cynical hypothesis were morally acceptable, it would break down, because the gunplay between New York's embattled clans, which has claimed 23 known victims in the past 14 months, is being carried on by some singularly inept, trigger-happy hoods...
...quickly left to flash word to the Gallo camp in Brooklyn. In the interim the Colombos moved to a rear table and were replaced at the bar by four wholesale kosher-meat dealers out for a night on the town. A half-hour later, a Gallo trigger man known as "The Syrian" donned a shoulderlength black wig, entered the restaurant, ordered a Scotch and water, and began sizing up what he took to be his victims...
...vital elements of a substantially effective performance are present, but one last surefire connection is lacking--the play doesn't trigger the emotions. As a result, no progress or momentum is realized from the beginning of the evening to the end. Only one's media-programmed sense of humor is affected, reacting in knee-jerking kind, and the rest remains strangely but decidedly untouched. The performance of Chinese Wisecrackers leaves one with the aftertaste of cotton candy: an elaborated string of one-liners are no more satisfying than an anticipated huge mass of lip-smacking pink confection--both melt away...
Conceivably the Ustaše hoped its foray into Bosnia would trigger a wave of sympathetic demonstrations on behalf of the accused separatists. If so, the plan misfired badly. Instead of aiding the defendants, the raid came as a windfall for the prosecution; it gave credence to Belgrade's repeated accusation that Croat "chauvinists" at home are linked with Croat extremists in exile. In fact, the timing of the incident was so convenient for the prosecution that it prompted speculation-so far unconfirmed -that the Yugoslav secret police, who have heavily infiltrated the Ustaše, may have lured...