re: How ballsy was Spider in Goodfellas?

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Tommy: “I’m a good shot whatd’ya want from me?”

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Prolly my favorite line from the movie.


It was ballsy of Spider to tell Tommy to frick himself, but IMO it was Jimmy that got him killed:

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You gonna let him talk to you like that?

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He knew more than most what Tommy was capable of, and he chose to antagonize him about Spider. And he pushed that final button that made Tommy do it (or at least right then and there).