In the movie Casino(1995)Robert DeNiro plays Ace Rothstein, a fantastic bookie who is chosen to run the Tangiers hotel and casino. Along the way, he marries a drug-addicted con-artist trophy wife (Sharon Stone) and struggles with his friendship with loose-cannon Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci). Rothstein is a complicated figure in that he is not a heavy, yet he wields a lot of power due to the respect he has gained from his mob bosses back home.
"Too Much Sam Rothstein.
I Ain't A Bitch But I Gotta Divorce Them
Hov Have To Get The Shallow Shit Up Off Him
And I Ain't Even Want To Be Famous
Niggaz Is Brainless To Unnecessarily Go Through These Changes" Jay-z "Lost One"
to act really stupid or in an embarrassing matter.
comes from a new york post columnist in the 1970s who made a fool of himself. he was known in the new york journalistic community for making stupid jokes and laughing at them when nobody else would. this is commonly used among journalists in new york to describe someone who is a joke and not worth taking seriously.
Joe's presentation had him max-rothsteining frantically. It was terribly prepared and had no content, getting him a bad grade.
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.