I am sorry about the delay in posting about this movie. I have only recently learned how to do these postings. Moonstruck shows Italians as people and not cartoon gangsters. The most famous portrayer of gangsters in the 1930's was Edward G. Robinson; who was so far from Italian it's funny. Then the stories were reduced in importance due to WW2, with the Italian mob making a comeback with Mario Puzo's books and Francis Coppola's movies. It is great to simply see a family with an ordinary business living through ordinary issues, and no "Goodfellas" anywhere in sight. Yes, I know Cher is Armenian; but all those years married to Salvatore Bono must have left an impression about Italian-American families. Olympia Dukakis; ethnically Greek, however those of us who grew up in Chicago lived in neighborhoods where Greeks and Italians lived side by side and the only differences were the choices of meats and wine. She was deserving of her Oscar.
Review of Moonstruck
