Steven Benoff 2023 RSO Pic

Haha, definitely looks like Benoff has entered his 'Road To Perdition' years.  I'll bet that's the same expression Newman had when he was told he would be in a supporting role to Tom Hanks and Jude Law.  "Road To Perdition is my swan song, I want this Newman performance to be memorable, what's the problem?  Tom Hanks is the star Mr. Newman, that's the problem, you're a supporting actor in this-  TOM HANKS? No-no he isn't...."

Tom Hanks was brilliant in that film, though friends.  "I'm glad it was you", how haunting, that last scene has always stuck with me.  As gangster movies go I found it to be on the boring side at times, too much Jude Law for my taste friends.  Still, the trope of having to kill a father figure was played out so well between Newman and Hanks you really felt the dread Hank's must have been feeling having to whack out his father figure, his mentor, his boyfriend-daddy but not in the Steven Benoff way, I guess.  

I mean it did seem kind of gay at times.  Yeah, great film, it gets overlooked a lot for the superior Goodfellas, Bronx Tales, even among Irish gangster films people rank Miller's Crossing higher, I think Road To Perdition was superior but there's too much Jude Law and Eddie Dane was just awesome as a over the top ruthless killer/muscle guy.  There was alot of boyfriend-daddy gay subtext in that movie too.  Irish gangster films always seem to have a gay subtext, what's that about, friends?