![]() Over the course of the film, Don helps Tony to write love letters to his wife, who is very happy to receive such romantic letters.At the end of the trip, Tony tells Don that something has been eating at him the whole trip: Tittsburgh was a major disappointment. In the beginning of the road trip, Tony explains that a friend of his nicknames Pittsburgh "Tittsburgh", because the women there are supposed to have bigger breasts than elsewhere.The host explains that he asked his (black) kitchen staff what Don might like to eat, to which they answered 'fried chicken', so they prepared fried chicken for him. Finally, Don accepts and he confesses that it is good. Tony, astonished that a black man has never eaten it, insists that Don eats some in the car. In the very end, Don puts the rock on a piece of furniture in his apartment, which means that he has stolen the rock from Tony. Still later, when they are driving in the snow, Don tells Tony to put the rock on the dashboard to bring good luck, which shows that he has always been aware that Tony had kept the rock. Later, when Tony is alone in his bedroom, he takes the rock out of his pocket. Don tells him to give it back and Tony seems to give in. Much later, another host cannot remember Tony's name correctly and he uses an incorrect name. ![]() Later, when Tony is introduced before a concert, the host actually cannot pronounce "Vallelonga" correctly. ![]() Don advises Tony to shorten his name for the tour, because "Vallelonga" is difficult to pronounce.Ultimately, they don't call his bluff, which is fortunate because a close listen reveals that he did touch his hand to a weapon. When the racists brandish a knife, Tony bluffs being about ready to brandish a gun. When Tony rescues Don from being roughed up in a bar, he first attempts diplomacy to get them both out of there. Bilingual Backfire: When Don addresses Tony in perfect Italian, it's obvious that he understood the conversation between Tony and one of his friends, during which the latter made slightly derogatory comments about him and offered Tony another job.This culminates in him eating an entire pizza by folding it in half. Near the beginning he gets into a hot-dog eating contest with a noticeably portlier gentleman. Hardly a scene goes by where he isn't stuffing his face, including while driving and Don remarks upon it. Based on a True Story: Adapted from real events.Bait the Dog: Several of Don's clients initially treat him fairly well, before revealing their prejudice, such as the hotel manager who won't let him eat at a white table, and the family that make him drive several miles to use a bathroom rather than give him access to theirs.Artistic License History: Don Shirley is depicted as being culturally distant from both his family and also other black people generally, though his living family insists that he was good friends with them and other prominent black musicians.
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