‘The Freshman’ At 30: The ‘Godfather’ Send-Up Is The Swan Song Marlon Brando Deserved
The camera pushes in on our hero the first time he sees him, and it’s easy to see why: the man sitting behind the desk, bathed in a little spotlight, in the Old World Social Club on Hester Street, is, unmistakably, a doppelganger for… “I know what you’re thinking – the resemblance, right?” nudges the man who brought him there. “He’s the real thing, the original merchandise.