How'd jou like that, Eh? / First, you get the money...then you get the power...then you get the women

I’ve always been a bit mystified by the ongoing and apparently everlasting appeal of the movie Scarface. Sure, it is a massively over the top film that is extremely entertaining for its bad accents and hilarious/horrendous dialogue. And I can see the machismo/underdog appeal of Tony’s ‘I take what I want’ mentality and his “All I got in my life is my balls and my word, and I don't break them for no one” sense of honor. But it really isn’t that good a film, period. I had heard various references to Tony in various rap songs but I really didn't pickup on the underclass appeal of Tony Montana. It became much more clear for me when I watched the recent 20th anniversary DVD of Scarface, which had a 30 minute documentary talking to various hip hop stars and what Scarface meant to them. P Diddy basically says he based his life on this movie and has watched it at least 30 times. While it was amusing to see these guys take this so seriously, it wasn’t quite as funny as another piece on the DVD about creative dubbing (In the original film, about every fifth word was a swear or sexual reference) they had to do in order to show it on broadcast TV...'How'd you get that scar, tough guy...Eatin' pineapple?'.

Anyway, there is a very large mall in the middle of the state that I visit once or twice a year, usually to go see a movie (they have a very large and fancy theater set up). I personally find the mall rather depressing, since its utter massiveness and crassness always leads me to wonder about the state of the country. But for the last several years, I’ve also been impressed by the amount of Scarface related goods being sold there. At first it was just the typical posters/t-shirt crap that you would expect to find there. But the last time I went, I noticed actual Scarface based artwork…framed pieces of drawn or painted artwork depicting scenes from the movie. I thought this was an odd product and wondered who would buy such things. I then started to think about the global supply lines that feed this mall and started to wonder if there were how many artisans in the Philippines or El Salvador were working hard to producing skillful conte crayon visions of Tony Montana.

I started to do a little looking around on the web and I found these items working the Scarface mystique. The first one is the best….I think I should get one of these to wear on my next job interview.


And the ladies aren't left out either


Ok folks, this is going too far...we don't need a Scarface router (it is a joke)