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Here is Scorsese's definition of the wise-guy philosophy: "Want. Take. Simple." They are animals, and watching GoodFellas is like going to the Bronx Zoo. You stare at the beasts of prey and find a brute charisma in their demeanor. You wonder how you would act if you lived in their world, where aggression is rewarded and decency is crushed. Finally you walk away, tantalized by a view into the darkest part of yourself, glad that that part is still behind bars...
...city was still absorbing those horrors two weeks ago when Sean Healy, a prosecutor in the Bronx district attorney's office, was cut down by a hail of gunfire as he selected a package of doughnuts from the shelf of a neighborhood grocery. That same day Vander Beatty, a former political power in Brooklyn attempting a comeback by running for district leader, was shot to death in his campaign headquarters. The prime suspect, according to police, was a longtime friend who was allegedly angry over the manner in which a lawyer who had been recommended by Beatty had handled...
...fact, Goldin was not the least bit interested in economics until she got to college. During her high school years at the Bronx High School of Science in New York, she says she confined most of her interests to "what went on under a microscope...
...fact, Goldin was not the least bit interested in economics until she got to college. During her high school years at the Bronx High School of Science in New York, she says she confined most of her interests to "what went on under a microscope...
...more. The stylized smears born in the South Bronx have spread across the ) country, covering buildings, bridges and highways in every urban center. From Philadelphia to Santa Barbara, Calif., the annual costs of cleaning up after the underground artists are soaring into the billions. The nationwide proliferation of juvenile gangs has added to graffiti problems, but most of the damage is done by a new subculture of wandering spray-can artists who see themselves as itinerant self-expressionists. "Gang-related graffiti mark turf," says ethnographic researcher Devon Brewer of the University of California at Irvine. "But hip-hop graffiti...