'The Offer' Makes 'The Godfather' Into Incurious Gabagool

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( tv review [The Offer’s Exhausting Self-Congratulation Makes The Godfather Into Gabagool]( Despite some strong performances, the overlong miniseries is an incurious bit of nostalgia bait. Photo: Nicole Wilder/Paramount+ There is an episode of The Office in which Michael Scott — influenced by The Godfather film series and The Sopranos, and at his core, an idiot — tries to order “gabagool” at an Italian restaurant without actually knowing what it is (capicola). Scott’s facile understanding of Italian culture, and his desire to seem smart and sophisticated while in reality being foolish and delusional, is a typical moment for the character, and if that scene were extended into an overly long miniseries, it might look like the self-congratulatory The Offer. [Read The Story »]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • [Survivor:]( Bigger Than the Game • [The Kardashians:]( Butt of the Joke • [Julia:]( The Feminine Urge to Debate at Galas • [Tokyo Vice:]( The Bad Sleep Well • [The Flight Attendant:]( Planes, Boats, and Automobiles Stories We Think You’ll Like 1. [Rewriting the Behind-the-Scenes Story of Iron Man 2 The sequel was made before the MCU streamlined its operations, when ad-libbing, “writing gyrations,” and Elon Musk cameos were okay.]( By Chris Lee 2. [Jordan Peele Hopes to Scare You Into Saying Nope Out Loud “I’m going to personally thrive on the number of times we hear the word ‘nope’ in the theater.”]( By Chris Lee 3. [Better Call Saul’s Michael Mando on Nacho’s ‘Story of Emancipation’ “It has elements of Greek tragedy in it, and it has elements of Shakespeare. And it’s poetic, like Orpheus Descending.”]( By Ben Rosenstock 4. [Tokyo Vice Season-Finale Recap: The Bad Sleep Well As the finale closes, it’s desperate times for our Tokyo Vice friends.]( By Andy Andersen [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 3-Down, Four Letters: Much-discussed 2022 Oscars incident. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Getty Images and Walt Disney Studios Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. [Listen to Run, Bambi, Run.]( A former Milwaukee cop turned Playboy Club bunny is convicted of murdering her husband’s ex-wife and sent to prison —only to escape years later with the help of a new fiancé. It’s one hell of a logline, right? [Read more from Vulture]( Next week at Union Hall Vulture’s weekly comedy show, Pretty Major, will feature Jay Jurden, Glennis LaRoe, Ismael Loutfi, Moses Storm, Nat Towsen, and Zach Zimmerman. [Buy tickets here.]( Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY If you enjoyed reading Vulture’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or dive deeper into the Vulture universe with our other newsletters: • [1.5x Speed](: Podcast recommendations and listening notes from Nick Quah, sent every Wednesday. • [Buffering](: Joe Adalian reports on the streaming industry, sent every Thursday. • [The Housewives Institute Bulletin](: For dedicated students of the Reality TV Arts and Sciences, sent every other Friday. • [Vulture 10x10 Crossword](: A puzzle for pop-culture obsessives sent to your inbox every weekday. • [The Critics](: A weekly dispatch on the cultural discourse, sent Fridays. Introducing Dinner Party, a lively new evening newsletter about everything that just happened. [Sign up]( to get it every week night. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved