strong protagonist instead of a man in films. Once men returned from the war‚ the feminist melodrama became less popular‚ and the once-demanded American gangster was desired. After the war‚ America became more of a “melting pot”. Groups of people from war effected countries‚ mostly Germans‚ immigrated to America. Taking elements of the American gangster and the German expressional genres‚ film noir was born. Not to loose the women viewers that enjoyed the empowered women characters‚ the femme fatale
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“Killer” Burke was an unsuspected murderer from the 1930’s and managed to put an unforgettable imprint in crime. Gangsters were very common among the 1930’s after the sudden downfall of the stock market also known as the Great Depression. Managing to escape the law many times Frank was able to achieve many schemes that made his nickname come to life. Frank Burke will be a known 1930’s gangster because of his fraud schemes‚ murderers‚ and stolen equipment. Fred Burke did not start out with the name he
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prohibition good or bad? "The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corncribs. Men will walk upright now‚ women will smile and children will laugh. Hell will be forever for rent." words spoken by Billy Sunday‚ beginning of the prohibition law. I believe‚ prohibition was a very poor choice that the government made for the country; One because people who owned breweries‚ distilleries‚ and saloons lost
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The National Prohibition of alcohol in America started in the year 1920. It was known as the "noble experiment". It was created to reduce crime and corruption‚ solve social problems‚ reduce the tax burden by poorhouses and prisons‚ and to improve hygiene and health in America. The results of the "noble experiment" was indicated that it was an absolute failure. This evidence is from the economic theory‚ which estimates that prohibition of mutually beneficial exchanges is bound to fail. The Prohibition
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exploitation that promotes negative behavior‚ sexist attitudes‚ and criminal activity. Hip hop and rap music generally pushes teens into thinking that it is cool to be gangster and lead a life of crime. Teenagers living in upper middle class or wealth neighborhoods too often adopt the style and attitudes associated with gangster while listening to this sort of music. They tend to think that it so cool to engage in acts the music describes without realizing what it means to become a member of a gang
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Havoc Viewing Guide Who are the main characters in the film “Havoc?” What are their character traits? -Toby: Allison’s boyfriend. He tries to act like he’s and gangster and that he’s “hard‚” but he is not. It’s all an act that he’s trying to portray to his friends. -Allison: She’s Toby’s girlfriend and she’s extremely rich and white. She lives in a very affluent neighborhood; however‚ she tries to act like she from East Los Angeles and that she’s tried to faced some type of adversity in her life
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Bugsy Malone‚ High School Musical and Grease. Bugsy Malone: It’s a 1976 British American musical gangster film‚ very loosely based on events in Chicago from the early 1920’s to 1931 in the prohibition era‚ specifically the exploits of gangsters like Al Capone and Bugs Moran‚ as dramatized in cinema. Featuring only child actors (with singing voices provided by adults). A gangster movie where all the gangsters are played by children. Instead of real bullets they use ‘’Splurge guns’’ that cover the victim
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him and Ishmeal wanted to survive so that he can fight as hard as he can for the lieutenant. Ishmeal developed more feelings for his squad as well. Relationship with his gun and the squad‚ Ishmeal refers to his squad as his family and his gun as his protector. “My squad was my family‚ my gun was my provider and protector”. Ishmeal had spent so much time with his squad and his gun that he had developed feelings for them. Ishmeal’s rule was to kill or to be killed. “My rule was to kill or to be killed”
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eight categories including squad‚ platoon‚ company‚ battalion‚ brigade‚ division‚ corps‚ and the army. First is the squad. Squad is up to nine to ten soldiers commanded by a sergeant or staff sergeant squad or section is the smallest in the army structure and the size is dependents it functions. .Second is the platoon. Platoon has sixteen to forty-four soldiers. It is led by a lieutenant with NCO (Non- Commissioner) as a second command and consist two to four squads or section. Third is Troop
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schizophrenic man‚ or a jealous women who has a cheating husband. At times‚ crime is seen as an unorganized‚ and just randomly spout together process. But‚ in the standards of the 1920s‚ this was not the case. Many of mobsters‚ street gangs‚ and gangsters ruled the world behind the scenes‚ creating a cartel of illegal products and murder. A great amount of people may believe that these things never really happened‚ it all just stories and media. But mobsters such as Al Capone and Lucky Luciano caused
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