They knew who was the boss.The judges didn""t know.Who knows what happened with them? The people knew." In both his public life and private life, La Motta lives with violence and conflict.He bullies her about how she should cook his steak, carnivorously wanting it bloody and raw [the analogy to La Motta""s own explosive, visceral, self-defeating life is clear]:Don""t overcook it.A struggle between the dueling parts of herself commenced, causing the room to shake and objects to break.Eventually, Joe realizes that his livelihood and family (after marrying her - and they both become heavy boozers) are seriously hreatened by their drinking.And it hurt me.Next time...Marguerite: Well, tell me, if all you say is true, why have you never spoken to me before?Armand: In the first place, I didn""t know you.Now I""m not gonna lie to ya.He didn""t start off thinkin"" about the hicks and all the wonderful things he was gonna do for ""em.Naw, naw, he""s done it all thinkin"" of number one.But something came to him on the way.How he could do nothin"" for himself without the help of the people.That""s what came to him.And it also came to him with the powerful force of God""s own lightning back in his own county when the school building collapsed ""cause it was built of politics"" rotten brick.