Does The Godfather “Glorify” Organized Crime?

I think that The Godfather does not really "glorify" organized crime. However it does shine some light on the subject, not in a bad way, but also not in a good way.

In the beginning of the movie, the Don, Vito Corleone was depicted as the stereotypical mafia don. He had the weighed down cheeks, heavy Italian accent with a slight lisp, and he was everything I expected him to be. In the beginning, the part that dulls the glorification of organized crime, is when it was shown how family-centric the Don was.

However, slowly my view that the Don was always about putting family first, began to change. I noticed that, during the wedding, when Luca Brazi asked for an audience with Vito Corleone, the Don is very tentative about talking with him, he even says "Is this -- Is this necessary?". Luca Brazi, being very close to his family.

Vito did almost the exact opposite for his godson, Johnny Fontane, going out of his way to help him get the part in the movie.

the glorification of the organized crime comes from the scarrier or, wronger parts. for instance, the horse head scene. This is a glorification because by doing the socially wrong thing, they got what they wanted.

So this "glorification" is almost saying that being in the mafia, or a gang-like group, is very dirty work.

to be continued...