I've always loved the subtext in this scene: Luciano: You had that deal with Joe The Boss... _You_ _used_ _to_ _answer_ _to_ _Joe_ _The_ _Boss._ Narcisse: We engaged as necessary. _I_ _didn't_ _have_ _a_ _choice._ Luciano: Mr. Maranzano would like it to continue. _You_ _answer_ _to_ _Mr._ _Maranzano_ _now._ Narcisse: Perhaps one day our paths will cross. _I_ _don't_ _answer_ _to_ _him._ Siegel: That day is today. _Yes,_ _you_ _do._ Narcisse: I beg your pardon. Luciano: Mr. Maranzano is ready to do business. And offer his protection. _Mr._ _Maranzano_ _is_ _the_ _new_ _boss._ _You_ _answer_ _to_ _him_ _now._ _You're_ _going_ _to_ _pay_ _him_ _for_ _protection._ Narcisse: Against what? Luciano: Whatever problems might turn up. _Against_ _us._ Narcisee: You're in Harlem gentlemen. _You_ _have_ _no_ _power_ _here._ Siegel: Uptown, downtown... it's all New York. _We_ _own_ _this_ _whole_ _city._ Narcisse: My experience says otherwise. _I_ _don't_ _think_ _so._ Luciano: You got the policy game, the dope, the clubs... Siegel: And you got all those whores. _You_ _think_ _you_ _can_ _operate_ _without_ _paying_ _tribute_ _to_ _the_ _boss?_ Narcisse: What I have, belongs to me. _Yes,_ _I_ _am_ _in_ _charge_ _here._ Luciano: People are losing things all over. Some guy, he's a millionaire, next thing you know he's selling -trinklets- (edit: Chiclets) in the streets. _We_ _will_ _take_ _everything_ _you_ _have._ _We_ _do_ _it_ _all_ _the_ _time._ Siegel: Or worse. _And_ _we_ _will_ _kill_ _you._ Narcisse: -Trinklets- (edit: Chiclets)... _Are_ _you_ _threatening_ _me?_ Luciano: Holding on to what you have, that sounds like a good idea. That's what Mr. Maranzano would like to help you with. And that's what we have to say. _Don't_ _be_ _stupid,_ _pay_ _up._ Narcisse: I thank you both for your concern. And I'm sorry you came up this far for nothing. _I_ _heard_ _your_ _threats,_ _but_ _you_ _live_ _too_ _far_ _away_ _to_ _scare_ _me._ _I_ _won't_ _give_ _you_ _a_ _thing._ Luciano: What I love about this city: everything's so close. _Don't_ _fool_ _yourself._ _We're_ _closer_ _than_ _you_ _think._
Great breakdown. Only one thing, they said "chicklets" not trinklets. It's soul food, often associated with poorer black Americans. It introduces a racial subtext, Luciano's telling him that for all the airs of sophistication he puts on, they can bring him down to the level of the poorest black folk that he preys on. When Narcisse repeats "chicklets", I think he's doing so because he's so offended by that very specific threat in particular.
@@cozy4732 Thanks. I'm not a native English speaker so I didn't catch that. You're right, that makes it much more interesting. I just really love how this scene was written.
@@cozy4732 Chicklets is not soul food, it's bubble gum that was sold back then. No one sold soul food on the streets and there's no soul food called chicklets. So no racial subtext was introduced, Luciano was not implying anything racial. Anyone could end up selling bubble gum on the street if you lose everything, the great depression taught them that. Skin color had nothing to do with anything in this conversation in regards to the Chicklet's comment. Chicklet's was around even when I was young, I got the reference right away and knew he was talking about the bubble gum.
L Rob no impossible, what most people don’t understand is. No matter who you are, you can’t rule Harlem unless you live in Harlem. Something a lot Of Italian gangsters refused to do. Or couldn’t do until the 60s with chin gigante
Xaviour Cammon Nah man. I get the whole Harlem mystique and all but the Italian mafia (especially in that era) didn’t care who you were or what borough you were from. If they wanted to get you, they would get you. Too much power and too many important friends in prominent positions. Like Chalky said to Narcisse at the end...”Them White boys everywhere; You just here.”
L Rob even someone as powerful as al Capone. He never left his town of Cicero. This man seemed like he owned the world, but he could not leave the shang gri la, he built for himself. He couldn’t go to the south side where the blacks lived. He couldn’t go east where the polish and Germans lived. And he definitely couldn’t go north, where the Irish he was at war with lived! He had to stay in his little suburb in order to stay alive. He made a lot of money because all the other ethnicities had to buy from him their booze. But he truly was a prisoner.
What I like about this storyline is that Narcisse has already betrayed his political believes and influence by giving the FBI intel on Marcus Garvey. His gangster persona was everything he had left at this point and Lucky and his crew took it from him with no mercy. Narcisse deserved every bit of these downfalls. He was a malicious human being, even for Boardwalk-Empire-standards.
Narcisse's hatred and contempt for "non- Libyans" shines through in every interactions. It's like an annoying kid is bothering him right in front of his parents so he kinda bites his tongue. He realizes he will get nowhere if he expresses his true feelings. Great acting
After watching this show, I found out that in older times they actually referred to black people as "Libyans" and I was surprised at the historical knowledge of the producers of this show. They had so many different names for black people in the old days, but "Ethiopian" was probably the most prominent
I love how this scene mirrors Narcisse's introduction in season 4 : Narcisse was standing uninvited in someone else's office, smirking politely and making patronizingly threatening speech. Now he's seated, in his own base of operation, barely civil, and getting patronizingly threatenned by other gangsters. It shows that the character is not in the situation (and indeed, the position) he was last time we saw him, and that his business' stress and the pressure of the FBI has taken a toll on him.
You can tell Narcisse is uncomfortable here. He knows who he’s dealing with and why they came to see him. Though he sticks up for his outfit and doesn’t back down, it’s only out of foolish pride and a misplaced sense of strength and power.
I disagree. I don't think Narcisse understood the power and rise of the Italian mafia. He had 0 historical context to do so. All they had was their threats at the time and Narcisse had such a grip on Harlem he probably thought he was untouchable.
I love the forshadowing of the quote "What I love about this city, everythings so close." as in "You may think you're safe but you're only a few blocks away from reach, so don't get on your high horse or you might find it shot from under you".
Making his point in a well mannered yet very dangerous way that also takes his time to make the point across, using colorful pictures and wording to make it clear of the whole situation and what will happen. True boss and well done with the character Lucky Luciano, a true mafioso boss and the idol and icon of gangsters.
Great scene. Luciano and Bugsy are two mobsters who don't try to hide that fact. And then you have Narcisse, who takes great pride in creating an illusion of sophistication to hide the fact that he too is a mobster. Nevertheless, Narcisse wants nothing to do with Luciano and Bugsy's attempted shakedown and he cannot wait to show them the door.
I love the thinly veiled threats. Lucky uses similar lines that Joe Massaria used on him. "We are far apart Joe". "We are very close. Only 2 feet from each other".... same thing here. "What I love about the city. Everything is so close"
Narcisse should have taken their deal. Chalky would has gladly taken that deal from Lucky as long as they did not interfere in his territory. Narcisse was at best a self-made con-man, not a gangster like Chalky. As a relatively newcomer to organized crime, he clearly did not grasp how strong the mafia was and paid the price for it.
My goodness... Jeffrey Wright is an outstanding actor... He plays any role in a very spectacular way... I remember him in Shaft with Samuel L. Jackson...
Jeffrey Wright is superb here. Making the effort of being polite and sardonic at the same time. He seems almost amused by Lucky and Bugsy. Great scene and very well written.
🤣 Look's like he saying that in French, I was like *Hold my milk, this guy knows French?! * but then I realized it was just my French heart who is taking control of my ears 😅
@tommy Don't say shit. I'm Italian-Sicilian. I live in Palermo. I'm actually a natural blond and have bright blue eyes. Me from the Norwegian superficially indistinguishable. I'm white. And Italians are white and always at all times, especially in America, considered themselves white people
The Dr. Starts to realize he's not dealing with a half gangster like nucky but real gangsters that were raised in the street. He's trying to act so distinguished that doesn't mean shit to them
@dwone jones Luciano and bugsy siegel? Google them. Then google nucky thompson. Luciano and bugsy were the real gangsters. Now, that's nothing to admire, but facts stay facts.
That look that Narcissist oh I mean Narcisse lol gave Benny at 0:38 was absolutely priceless.. Lol talk about being caught off guard. This is one of the first times where I kinda felt bad for him. He had absolutely no chance against the rising Luciano & Lansky Crew.
I wish they would’ve dug into the Bug and Meyer Mob Harry “Big Greenie” Greenburg, Lepke, Gurrah Shapiro,The Brownsville and Ocean Hill gangs (murder inc) shamed it was cancelled.
@2:13 Jesus Narcisse was so out of his league. Bugsy is looking around the fancy house pondering how nice it would be if he would get a piece of it after Narcisse is dead.
I don’t understand how narcisse can’t see that he’s signing his death warrant it’s as clear as a glass of ice water. Continue the same deal and you have no problems. Smh
He had a big ego. His power had grown while being under the "protection" of Joe the Boss. Once Joe was dead he figured he didn't have to answer to anyone else until Lucky he told he has to kick up to Maranzano. Narcisse thought he was strong enough to be able to say "no".
He clearly just underestimated Luciano, and a lot of people did like Nucky. I'm sure he gets threats like this all the time, and most of them lead to nothing but an attempt of extortion, this one was different but he didn't think so because he clearly didn't think Luciano had it in him
Yeah this boy Jeffrey Wright is an excellent actor Narcisse is treacherous notice how he never looks one in the eyes for very long if at all. Never trust a person that avoids eye contact regularly...
Dvir971 Not to make this a politically correct, racial argument but I hated the fact they connected a crued gangster like Narcisse with a historical activist like Marcus Garvey.
Dvir971 Have you seen him as Peoples in the remake of SHAFT.. a must see, completely different character as a Dominican Drug dealer.... he took hat movie to a whole other Level.. totally stole the limelight from Samuel L Jackson..
Narcisse once said he worked far too hard to not be referred to as a Doctor...notice after he gets pinched by the Feds how little that title means to him lol
Making his point in a well mannered yet very dangerous way that also takes his time to make the point across, using colorful pictures and wording to make it clear of the whole situation and what will happen. He has now learned the art of conversation. True boss and well done with the character Lucky Luciano, a true mafioso boss and the idol and icon of gangsters.
I thought Narcisse was uncharacteristically naive in this scene. He all but signs his death warrant when they walk out of that room. Even if he wasn’t interested in actually doing business with Maranzano etc he should have played along like he did with with Masseria.
I do love the "Uptown/downtown... its all New York" line, but theres one neighborhood the Italians didn't and couldn't control until the 80s. The neighborhood I was born, raised, and still reside in. Hells Kitchen, Manhattan. The Irish ran it from top to bottom and the Italians could not push them out of the west side of Midtown Manhattan, which is Hells Kitchen. Mickey Spillane and The Westies (Irish mob on the "west side) ran the whole territory and it was incredibly lucrative due to the construction of the Javitz Center which was a 500M dollar job that they ran. The Italians wantes in. The Irish wasn't having it. It wasn't until late in the 80s that Italians seized control due to the Westies numbers dwindling. Still, the hardest neighborhood name in NYC came from the Irish making it hot as "Hells Kitchen". Brilliant really.
Interesting to note that Dr Narcisse, the head guy in Harlem, wasn't invited to be in the commission. They proposed he simply work for them like an employee.
And even then he only had real power over his fellow Black people, imagine if he tried a "hit" on White gangsters or accidentally hit civilians, there would probably be race riots or lynchings.
AI think it was a fun political play. Narcisse was cunning and he was able to take on chalky white. But Chalky White was too impulsive which affected the real Boss Nucky Thompson. Nucky Thompson was one of the most powerful characters on the show but he play the game too defensively and his power layed mostly on his dealings with other mobsters. So he was too dependent in the end. He was also betrayed by everyone under his command. Also the other mobster knew when to play submissive and when to cease power. Narcisse wanted to take them all at once after he defeated Chalky White. And it quickly became obvious that he had bitten more than he could chew.
@@GooglyEyedJoe not in new york city at those times, guy. blacks in the north were a bit different and would fight back even with their low numbers. what they did have was the police. the mafia would send their paid officer to raid areas in harlem, like the bitch they were.
JEFFRY WRIGHT AN AMAZING ACTOR, BRINGS OUT THE BEST EVEN FROM THE WORST TYPES OF PERSONS. THIS CHARACTER BROUGHT MORE TO BOARDWALK THEN THAT SOMETIMES THE WILDEST OUTBURSTS FROM MIRE IMPOSING CHARACTERS. THAT DYNAMIC BETWEEN HIM AND CHALKY....INCREDIBLE!
I love how ahead of time Narcisse character is, looking at current day events. He spend all the time he cant talking about how opressed the blacks are to justify he taking over the comunity, lecturing everyone he can, leaving you with few things to say because in the 20-30 he is not wrong in many things. But it is just a facade. Like the italian mobster or the irish one. All the talking about opression......is nothing. A lie. He only wanted his own little kingdom, to spoil and have as much power as he can while keeping under submission his own people. With the part that he is too arrogant to acknowledge when he should stop.
Luciano realized from this scene that while narcisse was educated, he was not street smart and therefore bad for business. He nailed his own coffin by killing Chalky.
Frank Lucas and frank Matthews changes the game too the Italians got mad because they started getting the connect directly from Southeast Asia squeezing the Italians out
Yeah and there's a reason Lucas went away and Matthews hasn't been seen in 40 years and is presumed "deleted" while countless mobsters who had their hands in that racket got in, got rich, got out, and retired comfortably with millions. Speaking of Matthews, he's from the same neighborhood on Staten Island as me. And Paul Castellano as well. Todt Hill, Staten Island.
I've always loved the subtext in this scene:
Luciano: You had that deal with Joe The Boss...
_You_ _used_ _to_ _answer_ _to_ _Joe_ _The_ _Boss._
Narcisse: We engaged as necessary.
_I_ _didn't_ _have_ _a_ _choice._
Luciano: Mr. Maranzano would like it to continue.
_You_ _answer_ _to_ _Mr._ _Maranzano_ _now._
Narcisse: Perhaps one day our paths will cross.
_I_ _don't_ _answer_ _to_ _him._
Siegel: That day is today.
_Yes,_ _you_ _do._
Narcisse: I beg your pardon.
Luciano: Mr. Maranzano is ready to do business. And offer his protection.
_Mr._ _Maranzano_ _is_ _the_ _new_ _boss._ _You_ _answer_ _to_ _him_ _now._ _You're_ _going_ _to_ _pay_ _him_ _for_ _protection._
Narcisse: Against what?
Luciano: Whatever problems might turn up.
_Against_ _us._
Narcisee: You're in Harlem gentlemen.
_You_ _have_ _no_ _power_ _here._
Siegel: Uptown, downtown... it's all New York.
_We_ _own_ _this_ _whole_ _city._
Narcisse: My experience says otherwise.
_I_ _don't_ _think_ _so._
Luciano: You got the policy game, the dope, the clubs...
Siegel: And you got all those whores.
_You_ _think_ _you_ _can_ _operate_ _without_ _paying_ _tribute_ _to_ _the_ _boss?_
Narcisse: What I have, belongs to me.
_Yes,_ _I_ _am_ _in_ _charge_ _here._
Luciano: People are losing things all over. Some guy, he's a millionaire, next thing you know he's selling -trinklets- (edit: Chiclets) in the streets.
_We_ _will_ _take_ _everything_ _you_ _have._ _We_ _do_ _it_ _all_ _the_ _time._
Siegel: Or worse.
_And_ _we_ _will_ _kill_ _you._
Narcisse: -Trinklets- (edit: Chiclets)...
_Are_ _you_ _threatening_ _me?_
Luciano: Holding on to what you have, that sounds like a good idea. That's what Mr. Maranzano would like to help you with. And that's what we have to say.
_Don't_ _be_ _stupid,_ _pay_ _up._
Narcisse: I thank you both for your concern. And I'm sorry you came up this far for nothing.
_I_ _heard_ _your_ _threats,_ _but_ _you_ _live_ _too_ _far_ _away_ _to_ _scare_ _me._ _I_ _won't_ _give_ _you_ _a_ _thing._
Luciano: What I love about this city: everything's so close.
_Don't_ _fool_ _yourself._ _We're_ _closer_ _than_ _you_ _think._
Great breakdown. Only one thing, they said "chicklets" not trinklets. It's soul food, often associated with poorer black Americans. It introduces a racial subtext, Luciano's telling him that for all the airs of sophistication he puts on, they can bring him down to the level of the poorest black folk that he preys on. When Narcisse repeats "chicklets", I think he's doing so because he's so offended by that very specific threat in particular.
@@cozy4732 Thanks. I'm not a native English speaker so I didn't catch that. You're right, that makes it much more interesting. I just really love how this scene was written.
subtext is a hell of a thing, great breakdown man
@@cozy4732 Chicklets is not soul food, it's bubble gum that was sold back then. No one sold soul food on the streets and there's no soul food called chicklets. So no racial subtext was introduced, Luciano was not implying anything racial. Anyone could end up selling bubble gum on the street if you lose everything, the great depression taught them that. Skin color had nothing to do with anything in this conversation in regards to the Chicklet's comment. Chicklet's was around even when I was young, I got the reference right away and knew he was talking about the bubble gum.
@@cozy4732 he said chicklets dumbass chitlins is soul food
“What I love about the city; Everything’s so close.” Quite possibly one of the coolest threats I’ve ever heard in a show.
L Rob no impossible, what most people don’t understand is. No matter who you are, you can’t rule Harlem unless you live in Harlem. Something a lot Of Italian gangsters refused to do. Or couldn’t do until the 60s with chin gigante
@@xaviourcammon1475 Gigante is from my area. An entire town's police force in 1970 was fired for taking a bribe from him.
"God doesn't exist." Quite possibly the simplest sentence of the major cause of evil.
Xaviour Cammon Nah man. I get the whole Harlem mystique and all but the Italian mafia (especially in that era) didn’t care who you were or what borough you were from. If they wanted to get you, they would get you. Too much power and too many important friends in prominent positions. Like Chalky said to Narcisse at the end...”Them White boys everywhere; You just here.”
L Rob even someone as powerful as al Capone. He never left his town of Cicero. This man seemed like he owned the world, but he could not leave the shang gri la, he built for himself. He couldn’t go to the south side where the blacks lived. He couldn’t go east where the polish and Germans lived. And he definitely couldn’t go north, where the Irish he was at war with lived! He had to stay in his little suburb in order to stay alive. He made a lot of money because all the other ethnicities had to buy from him their booze. But he truly was a prisoner.
Jeffrey Wright gives a two-minute master class on how to show complete contempt while being perfectly polite.
Insert CleverName mm hm hm hm... yes, indeed
loved him in john shaft
He’s always been an excellent actor
LOVE HIM IN SHAFT AS DR KING. AND IN CASINO ROYALE
LMAO
What I like about this storyline is that Narcisse has already betrayed his political believes and influence by giving the FBI intel on Marcus Garvey. His gangster persona was everything he had left at this point and Lucky and his crew took it from him with no mercy. Narcisse deserved every bit of these downfalls. He was a malicious human being, even for Boardwalk-Empire-standards.
Wow great insight. He was a slimy snitch and they knew it. Thats the main reason why they killed him in the end.
Yup. In "Boardwalk Empire", as in "The Sopranos", almost every single character is a horrible human being, although some more than others.
Narcisse's hatred and contempt for "non- Libyans" shines through in every interactions. It's like an annoying kid is bothering him right in front of his parents so he kinda bites his tongue. He realizes he will get nowhere if he expresses his true feelings. Great acting
“Jim Crow.”
Beautiful Acting 🎉
@@elreydeoro2310 completely justified
precisely, that’s why I love his character
After watching this show, I found out that in older times they actually referred to black people as "Libyans" and I was surprised at the historical knowledge of the producers of this show. They had so many different names for black people in the old days, but "Ethiopian" was probably the most prominent
I love how this scene mirrors Narcisse's introduction in season 4 : Narcisse was standing uninvited in someone else's office, smirking politely and making patronizingly threatening speech. Now he's seated, in his own base of operation, barely civil, and getting patronizingly threatenned by other gangsters. It shows that the character is not in the situation (and indeed, the position) he was last time we saw him, and that his business' stress and the pressure of the FBI has taken a toll on him.
God Vincent piazza was incredible in this show
bugsey was better
@@nadrud lmfao he was the worst character in the show.
He really grew into his role from street punk in season 1 to the calculating Don in the finale.
@@Nls-nj5yw yeah. Really annoying
@@nadrud No he wasn't, that guy was a big miscast.
"Friendly little names"
The way he delivered that line was masterful.
What a great actor
You can tell Narcisse is uncomfortable here. He knows who he’s dealing with and why they came to see him. Though he sticks up for his outfit and doesn’t back down, it’s only out of foolish pride and a misplaced sense of strength and power.
I disagree. I don't think Narcisse understood the power and rise of the Italian mafia. He had 0 historical context to do so. All they had was their threats at the time and Narcisse had such a grip on Harlem he probably thought he was untouchable.
@@DarkKnight-np6nwHarlem was always ran by an African-American man in those days.
Jeffrey Wright is a master actor. In a single minute he manages to hold comedy and tragedy in his grasp. Bravo.
👍👍👍
A bad accent in a cliche character.
@@zsedcftglkjh Need that personal antagonist in a "black" hat... don't you?
That last line by Luciano was great…essentially “It’s going to be super easy to kill you.”….and it was!!
Narcisse tried to be half a gangster and then he wasn't one at all.
Blacks could never mess around with the Mafia
@@ppate8cough bumpy Johnson stoppid idiot i can name a rest 😂
@@ppate8false. Look up bumpy Johnson. He ran ny and the mafia
@@ppate8history has shown us they in fact can
"Holding on to what you have seems like a good idea...and is what Mr maranzano is interested in helping you with" Slick shakedown.
Very slick. Mr maranzano just means him since he was taking the guy out soon lol
I love the forshadowing of the quote "What I love about this city, everythings so close." as in "You may think you're safe but you're only a few blocks away from reach, so don't get on your high horse or you might find it shot from under you".
and later he gets merked by them. lol
They could have played a recording of "Take the A Train" at that moment.
They missed a ridiculous opportunity not making a Luciano/Lanskey spin-off show, up until the 1950s/60's
Yep. They could’ve went all the way to Castro’s takeover in Cuba
He has learned the art of conversation
He's speaking like a grown up
Making his point in a well mannered yet very dangerous way that also takes his time to make the point across, using colorful pictures and wording to make it clear of the whole situation and what will happen. True boss and well done with the character Lucky Luciano, a true mafioso boss and the idol and icon of gangsters.
Great scene. Luciano and Bugsy are two mobsters who don't try to hide that fact. And then you have Narcisse, who takes great pride in creating an illusion of sophistication to hide the fact that he too is a mobster. Nevertheless, Narcisse wants nothing to do with Luciano and Bugsy's attempted shakedown and he cannot wait to show them the door.
"We're offering you protection."
"From what?"
"From us."
"Such friendly little names"...Class 101 on how to sarcastically slap someone in the face while being polite at the same time
jeffrey rivera yeah but who ultimately won?
Guess he missed the second class where he should’ve known his place in the pecking order cuz he wound up dead
Rational PoC Shut up you dirty Russian
This guy did underestimate Lucky and Siegel many others i guess too.
I love the thinly veiled threats. Lucky uses similar lines that Joe Massaria used on him. "We are far apart Joe". "We are very close. Only 2 feet from each other".... same thing here. "What I love about the city. Everything is so close"
"You're in Harlem gentleman"
Smithy18 they killed that cricket
Smithy18 It's all New York 🙂
Like they give a shot they run new york
Jason Voorhees yep but the spaghettis dont run harlem either bitch
Frank Castle niggas run harlem
Narcisse should have taken their deal. Chalky would has gladly taken that deal from Lucky as long as they did not interfere in his territory. Narcisse was at best a self-made con-man, not a gangster like Chalky. As a relatively newcomer to organized crime, he clearly did not grasp how strong the mafia was and paid the price for it.
Luciano was just as polite when he told Narcisse that he was a dead man... “what I like about Harlem, is everything’s so close”.
Tony soprano: "ok lets call this what it is- a shakedown!"
My goodness... Jeffrey Wright is an outstanding actor...
He plays any role in a very spectacular way... I remember him in Shaft with Samuel L. Jackson...
jeepshan cotton, muthafaaaa
whoa he was peepls?? lmfao i didnt know it untill you said it. ty lee.
He was the only good thing in that movie
“What I love about the city, everything’s so close” the way lucky says that is so so good
Jeffrey Wright is superb here. Making the effort of being polite and sardonic at the same time. He seems almost amused by Lucky and Bugsy. Great scene and very well written.
he end up whacked for not recognize who was the boss
@@jameswatt4114In real life the guy died of old age and natural causes.
He thought he was untouchable in Harlem. But as Michael Corleone says, "If history taught us one thing it's this, you can kill anyone."
I love the way Luciano pronounces millionaire at 1:22
Lol that's my favorite part of the video
Roddy Frame wateva proplem shmay tainup
He reminds me a bit of Andrew Dice Clay when he talks.
that dudes acting is so great lol
🤣 Look's like he saying that in French, I was like *Hold my milk, this guy knows French?! * but then I realized it was just my French heart who is taking control of my ears 😅
I am always amazed by the variety of characters played so well by Jeffrey Wright
call it what it is, a shakedown
He never had the makings of a varsity athlete
See you in court
Yeah, we all get that
Don’t forget the zebras
@@bosteador and they call these guys GANGSTAS
*Chalky white voice* "Them white boys Is everywea.... U just here".
@drean shut the fuck up that's what chalky said on the episode he got killed in stupid
@moister than an oyster shut the hell up
@tommy Don't say shit. I'm Italian-Sicilian. I live in Palermo. I'm actually a natural blond and have bright blue eyes. Me from the Norwegian superficially indistinguishable. I'm white. And Italians are white and always at all times, especially in America, considered themselves white people
@tommy why?
@tommy Italians are white tho?
Class, what a great show, so many good characters...
The guy playin benny is fuckin great.
Amazing
"That day is today"...the guy playing benny is great
PITSILLA
The Dr. Starts to realize he's not dealing with a half gangster like nucky but real gangsters that were raised in the street. He's trying to act so distinguished that doesn't mean shit to them
That's because they're ignorant
wow amazing...thats what i think to...he can be high wuth his shit,but deep down he knows...he will be shaked
@@ayrramadan8819 "That's because they're ignorant". You do know what happened to the 'good' Dr. don't you?
They’re not ignorant esp not Luciano , he was mentored under Rothstein
@dwone jones Luciano and bugsy siegel? Google them. Then google nucky thompson. Luciano and bugsy were the real gangsters. Now, that's nothing to admire, but facts stay facts.
That look that Narcissist oh I mean Narcisse lol gave Benny at 0:38 was absolutely priceless.. Lol talk about being caught off guard. This is one of the first times where I kinda felt bad for him. He had absolutely no chance against the rising Luciano & Lansky Crew.
I wish they would’ve dug into the Bug and Meyer Mob Harry “Big Greenie” Greenburg, Lepke, Gurrah Shapiro,The Brownsville and Ocean Hill gangs (murder inc)
shamed it was cancelled.
Uptown, downtown, it's all New York.
Luciano and Lansky are the best characters in the show. They are pulling strings behind the scenes to put something together
That's Luciano and Benny db ass
So cool how they can be so polite, well spoken and threatening at the same time.
Jeffrey Wright's performance is brilliant.His knowledge of when to allow the performance to come to him is priceless.
A shake down with class! Great writing in this show.
@2:13 Jesus Narcisse was so out of his league. Bugsy is looking around the fancy house pondering how nice it would be if he would get a piece of it after Narcisse is dead.
I think HBO missed the boat 🚣 on this one they could've had a spin-off of Lucky Luciano
Not surprised doctors make Lucky nervous. I remember the first season 😂
I don’t understand how narcisse can’t see that he’s signing his death warrant it’s as clear as a glass of ice water. Continue the same deal and you have no problems. Smh
He probably thought the Feds would protect him.
Dr. Narcisse, your reign at the top was shorter than leprechauns.
What kinda businessman and man in power says "Address me how You prefer"? No wonder Bugsy and Charlie laughs.
At this point the character was compromised. (Spoilers) He was an informant for Hoover, so he didn't have the same prowess he did in Season 4.
Laze My interpretation was that they were thinking of racial slurs after he said that.
Marlo stanfields ancestor right here
When I ran a shop, and my numbers dropped, i damn sure did something about it.
friendly little names
lukas black you’re self?
Dumb move just negotiate a low rate of tax and move on.
I was so glad to see lucky do what nucky and chalky should have done the first day narscice showed up
Both sides letting each other know that they were both ready to spill blood without raising their voices in anger.....
I love that the Dr straightened up and said ‘Against what?’ Almost delightfully wanting to engage. Power move in my book
The acting in this brilliant show was uniformly off the charts.
It will be criminal if they don't make a movie about Bugsy with Michael Zegen here playing Siegel again.
He is authentic Jewish and looks just like Benny
his arrogance got him killed. He was an intellectual and was all about ideology over practicality when practicality was taking over.
Narcisse really didn't get the message here. Either that, or he was simply blinded by his own narcissism.
he got the message, but he didn't want to be extorted
@@ignaciogodoy7095 "didn't want to be extorted" = death wish. He also didn't know what he was up against.
He had a big ego. His power had grown while being under the "protection" of Joe the Boss. Once Joe was dead he figured he didn't have to answer to anyone else until Lucky he told he has to kick up to Maranzano. Narcisse thought he was strong enough to be able to say "no".
He clearly just underestimated Luciano, and a lot of people did like Nucky. I'm sure he gets threats like this all the time, and most of them lead to nothing but an attempt of extortion, this one was different but he didn't think so because he clearly didn't think Luciano had it in him
@@Trev0r98He died like a man.
Benny looking around as they leaving... he knows they coming back
Gotta love Luciano's esssshhh. Dude should have won prizes.
Narcisse is one of the best characters on the show. Fuck the haters.
True, he is very wise and diplomatic.
Yeah this boy Jeffrey Wright is an excellent actor Narcisse is treacherous notice how he never looks one in the eyes for very long if at all. Never trust a person that avoids eye contact regularly...
Dvir971 Not to make this a politically correct, racial argument but I hated the fact they connected a crued gangster like Narcisse with a historical activist like Marcus Garvey.
mookeychase0907 Jimmy's character was like that also lol the eye contact problem
Dvir971 Have you seen him as Peoples in the remake of SHAFT.. a must see, completely different character as a Dominican Drug dealer.... he took hat movie to a whole other Level.. totally stole the limelight from Samuel L Jackson..
“What I love about the city… everything’s so close”. Lucky is saying that we can touch you anytime we want. Man I love this show
"Yes, indeed..."
Hah, love that dry, resigned sarcasm.
Jeffrey Wright is a fucking legend!!! Hail to you bro.
Jeffery White as Narcisse was to season 4 what Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti was to Season 3
Narcisse once said he worked far too hard to not be referred to as a Doctor...notice after he gets pinched by the Feds how little that title means to him lol
Pay us to protect you from us. Brilliant!
Jeffrey kills with this character. He is my favorite actor
Making his point in a well mannered yet very dangerous way that also takes his time to make the point across, using colorful pictures and wording to make it clear of the whole situation and what will happen. He has now learned the art of conversation. True boss and well done with the character Lucky Luciano, a true mafioso boss and the idol and icon of gangsters.
“Everything’s so close”is a lot like the threat masseria said to lucky earlier in the series at their first sit down.
"Yo, People's...let me hold dat ice!?" Peace.
what an actor. i never knew it was people's. damn this guy can act.
He was such a hypocrite, but I liked the character. Jeffrey Wright was perfect in this role.
These violent delights have violent ends.
"Golf is phat... Tiger Wooo, Tiger Wooo, I like him."
I thought Narcisse was uncharacteristically naive in this scene. He all but signs his death warrant when they walk out of that room. Even if he wasn’t interested in actually doing business with Maranzano etc he should have played along like he did with with Masseria.
I do love the "Uptown/downtown... its all New York" line, but theres one neighborhood the Italians didn't and couldn't control until the 80s. The neighborhood I was born, raised, and still reside in. Hells Kitchen, Manhattan. The Irish ran it from top to bottom and the Italians could not push them out of the west side of Midtown Manhattan, which is Hells Kitchen. Mickey Spillane and The Westies (Irish mob on the "west side) ran the whole territory and it was incredibly lucrative due to the construction of the Javitz Center which was a 500M dollar job that they ran. The Italians wantes in. The Irish wasn't having it. It wasn't until late in the 80s that Italians seized control due to the Westies numbers dwindling.
Still, the hardest neighborhood name in NYC came from the Irish making it hot as "Hells Kitchen". Brilliant really.
Its like the scene in The Wire when Prop Joe tries to get Marlo to join the co-op.
The doc just sealed his fate
I never met lucky Luciano but dude seemed excellent in his portrayal.
'Try that line on the next skirt you chase' 😂😂
Interesting to note that Dr Narcisse, the head guy in Harlem, wasn't invited to be in the commission. They proposed he simply work for them like an employee.
Commission was (at that time) sicilians only.
What else would be? He’s a nobody operating out of a shithole
@@jasonbari5997 That s*** hole made a lot of money for the mob.
@@HelloThere-fc5ll Except Meyer I guess?
Of course they did, can't give a scheming greedy backstabber like him more power.
He doesn't have power like Vito to take them all out. Narcese only had real power in Harlem.
And even then he only had real power over his fellow Black people, imagine if he tried a "hit" on White gangsters or accidentally hit civilians, there would probably be race riots or lynchings.
AI think it was a fun political play. Narcisse was cunning and he was able to take on chalky white. But Chalky White was too impulsive which affected the real Boss Nucky Thompson. Nucky Thompson was one of the most powerful characters on the show but he play the game too defensively and his power layed mostly on his dealings with other mobsters. So he was too dependent in the end. He was also betrayed by everyone under his command. Also the other mobster knew when to play submissive and when to cease power. Narcisse wanted to take them all at once after he defeated Chalky White. And it quickly became obvious that he had bitten more than he could chew.
Leon Watson long as you got a gun and patience you can dominate anyone
@@GooglyEyedJoe not in new york city at those times, guy. blacks in the north were a bit different and would fight back even with their low numbers. what they did have was the police. the mafia would send their paid officer to raid areas in harlem, like the bitch they were.
That's all he really needed was Harlem behind him
JEFFRY WRIGHT AN AMAZING ACTOR, BRINGS OUT THE BEST EVEN FROM THE WORST TYPES OF PERSONS. THIS CHARACTER BROUGHT MORE TO BOARDWALK THEN THAT SOMETIMES THE WILDEST OUTBURSTS FROM MIRE IMPOSING CHARACTERS. THAT DYNAMIC BETWEEN HIM AND CHALKY....INCREDIBLE!
Throughout all of Boardwalk Empire, no one even once said, "Myah, see?". I feel cheated.
That’s because this show needed Bugs Bunny
Somebody had to have said it.
comments like this is what the internet is made for
Man, you can *smell* the passive-aggressiveness in this scene.
Love this character. My favorite all time
Bugsy Siegal in making of the mob was portrayed so much better. In this show he is like a 14 year old.
+Noel Christian Very true. I understand he was still a young bugsy but still. I think it was a major miscast
yeah they fucked up with casting bugsy. He was way too obnoxious and childish
But you know kids become men, sometimes sooner than expected
@@vietrounder The guy is just a horrible Actor .. the only bad pick in the whole show ..
@@ugoodHomeBoy Nah, its just bad acting .. this scene proves it ... 2 masters ,and an Amateur .. he was way out of his League.
Bugsy had such a great swagger as he walked out that meeting and woulda have killed Dr N without hesitation if asked!
I love how ahead of time Narcisse character is, looking at current day events. He spend all the time he cant talking about how opressed the blacks are to justify he taking over the comunity, lecturing everyone he can, leaving you with few things to say because in the 20-30 he is not wrong in many things. But it is just a facade. Like the italian mobster or the irish one. All the talking about opression......is nothing. A lie. He only wanted his own little kingdom, to spoil and have as much power as he can while keeping under submission his own people.
With the part that he is too arrogant to acknowledge when he should stop.
Why are you being racist?
His audition for Westworld.
Luciano realized from this scene that while narcisse was educated, he was not street smart and therefore bad for business. He nailed his own coffin by killing Chalky.
How did he nail his own coffin by that
Boardwalk have The best cast on tv show
There’s good money in chiclets.
Jeffrey Wright is so underrated and under utilized it’s a shame
Lucky, a genius he deserves some respect,
Great Luciano " Doctor make me nervous😃😃"
Haha. Chuckling at his chuckle. Hm hm hm hm....Yes...indeed...
Chalky was right though, no way was he gonna make it against powerful and white mobsters
Agreed Luciano was on a mission.. play by his rules or you gotta go. Narcissa clearly wasn’t ready for that Smoke.
Narcisse shoulda taken the deal. But I'm glad he got got
Frank Lucas and frank Matthews changes the game too the Italians got mad because they started getting the connect directly from Southeast Asia squeezing the Italians out
murray trapp good thing Italians were smarter and knew there were better ways to make money that actually took brains
Yeah and there's a reason Lucas went away and Matthews hasn't been seen in 40 years and is presumed "deleted" while countless mobsters who had their hands in that racket got in, got rich, got out, and retired comfortably with millions.
Speaking of Matthews, he's from the same neighborhood on Staten Island as me. And Paul Castellano as well. Todt Hill, Staten Island.
“Chiclets” The preferred bubble gum of the time.
Chewing gum, not bubble gum. Also slang for teeth.