# The REAL Banality of Evil

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-banality-of-evil/775968>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 31, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-banality-of-evil/775968 "2016-12-31T16:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-banality-of-evil/775968/21 "2017-01-02T04:14:28Z")

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He’s more corrupt than evil, but Dan McGinty in _The Great McGinty_ buys a suit from the money he makes by helping the boss that’s described as a “horse blanket” – garish and ugly.

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**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-banality-of-evil/775968/22 "2017-01-02T06:44:55Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> **[Moderating]**
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> Since this is in Cafe Society, let’s keep all of our examples fictional, please. If you want to discuss the real world, Great Debates is over that way.

Perhaps then a good example is the crass billionaire developer Daniel Clamp from [Gremlins 2](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins_2:_The_New_Batch). Totally fictional.

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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-banality-of-evil/775968/23 "2017-01-03T01:21:42Z")

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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, but wasn’t Fredo in _The Godfather_ pretty tacky and very un-Corleone-like by the end? I recall Michael showing up in Vegas in his dark suit and Homburg hat, and Fredo meeting him in a white jacket and pastel shirt open to show his necklaces. I’m almost sure that was when Michael decided to knock him off.

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