Mantenga sus amigos cerca, pero a los enemigos lo más lejos posible: una mirada hacia Lesión Traumática en «El Padrino II»

Abstract

Background: The Godfather Part II portrays the fictional Corleone family and its role in organized crime. The aims of this study are to describe the trauma and deaths portrayed in The Godfather Part II.Hypothesis: The hypotheses are that: a) male characters suffer more traumatic mechanism/death than females, b) more traumatic mechanisms occur in the second half of the film, and c) a higher percentage of traumatic mecha? nisms are penetrating.Methods: In this descriptive study, The Godfather Part II was viewed for incidents of significant traumatic mecha? nisms. Traumatic mechanisms were documented by time. Characters that died during the film were evaluated for type of mechanism and cause of death. Categorical comparisons were made with chi?square tests, using an ? = 0.05. Results: There were 27 traumatic mechanisms and 19 deaths. A total of 93% of the mechanisms involved male char? acters whereas 7% of the mechanisms involved female characters (p < 0.001). A total of 84% of the mortalities involved male characters whereas 16% of the mortalities involved a female character (p < 0.01). The traumatic mech? anisms and deaths were similar between halves of the film (both p > 0.05). Traumatic injury was the cause of death (p < 0.001). Penetrating injury was the most common cause of death overall.Conclusions: There are gender differences in the characters that suffer a traumatic mechanism and death in The Godfather Part II. A majority of deaths are from penetrating traumatic injuries.