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 mentioned nothing. Just moving the story line along.
 
Early in the movie, as shady liquor distributor Fast Eddie boast that he could get fake Wild Turkey labels. He probably passed off a random Joss N-7 as a Balabushka to Vincent. :)
 
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
 
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