HST 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Moses Annenberg, Goodfellas, Pyramid Scheme
6 Aug 2017
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Government response: popular attitudes, political conditions, media exposure. Rooted in traditional religions and traditional notions of family. Supposed to be neutral unbiased, scienti c but in the eyes of the ma a, it fails to achieve justice. Who gives you justice against the ma a? (the don) Myth and reality: godfather (more about the immigrant experience and to be an american) to goodfellas (more descriptive, goodfellas: making your own success (hustlers), everyone rats out their friends, killing is normalized (more realistic) April(cid:1)12,(cid:1)2017: theft, gambling, loans, extortion, fraud, vice, drugs. National network: mob war leads to calls for 1957 meeting of ma osi from all over america, busted. Joseph barbara"s house, appalachian, ny: police of cer saw a bunch of cadillacs and the gangsters scattered, led to suspension that they were a large international conspiracy to control crime, became a seminal incident that lead to anxiety. Frank sinatra w/ skinny d"amato sinatra wasn"t a gangster but loved hanging out with them.
