TCOM.. Gives Vincent his Bushka?!

Cornerman said:
It was a movie. You’re trying to reason it with the understanding of where Balabushka is in the collector world today. In 1986, there were only a handful of people that were collecting the Balabushkas. It was more important in 1986 that they used a name that was one of the most collectible cues at the time, which I would say was Balabushka. But it could’ve easily been been in 1986 Szamboti, TAD or Ginacue. They just needed to use a name. They literally could’ve said Meucci..
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Balabushka has a lot of panache and mystery surrounding the pronunciation, it is the perfect name for making the cue feel bigger than life. Szamboti is pretty cool too, but most 1986 Cruise movie goers would have struggled with the silent S.

Also, I was 24 and living in Oklahoma City and all the pool players really ever heard of regarding custom cues was Joss West and Balabushka, we didn't see many Gina, Szamboti, or Tad cues those days.
 
I remember once John Lennon being interviewed and asked about the meaning of a line in a song. He said "it rhymed".

In other words, the viewer/reader imagines many of these deeper meanings when the auther may have meant nothing. Just moving the story line along.
 
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Color of Money, and the Hustler were fictional movies, meant to make money, and entertain audiences.

Both accomplished simple missions. They were no PR campaigns to boost interest people interests in POOL.... JMHO
 
He could not have a GB cue made for Vincent as the time period of this movie- within the movie itself - GB was already dead.
So what would be the sense in saying that Vincent could borrow the GB cue but never actually have his own made for him?
Giving Vincent the cue was the correct move in the scene IMO.
 
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