Word: gangsterisms
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...luck to be a gangster in New York City last week. As the jury forewoman chanted the verdict -- guilty of murder, guilty of racketeering, 13 counts in all -- godfather John Gotti could only sit with his thin-lipped smile frozen while the underworld came crashing down around him. In guarded talks, the Gambino family's second string scrambled to regroup, shuddering with the knowledge that turncoats were singing, the feds were listening and more indictments were...
...gang have garnered considerable flak for what many women and progressives say are misogynistic lyrics. However, had they ever listened to the man's material (though it would never pass a piety test with your local reverend), they might have seen the light. "Men Is Bitches Too," from Original Gangster, Ice-T's last rap album, clarifies this otherwise vulgar star 's broad definition of the term. A "bitch," he says, is anyone who turns on his friends, his community or himself. He, like other West Coast luminaries with different styles (think Slayer), claim that their intent is merely descriptive...
...John MacKenzie. And although it shares a great deal with its blockbuster predecessor--a reenactment of Oswald's murder two days, later, a resounding nostalgia for the 1960s'--it's also distinctly different. Mackenzie's thoughtful film focuses on the experiences of Jack Ruby, delving into the small-town gangster's mob and government connections as the key to the solution for the Kennedy mystery...
...second half of the movie, after Santana is paroled. The protagonist resumes his role as drug kingpin, but the poetic voice-overs are gone. Santana struggles with everything. He clashes with rival gangs and with formerly loyal lieutenants like J.D., a "half-breed" played in old-time gangster style by William Forsythe...
American Dreaming by the gangster Bugsy Siegel, who, besides inventing himself as a Hollywood celebrity, invented Las Vegas as the playground for our more primitive fantasies. Warren Beatty and Annette Bening are terrific in director Barry Levinson's smart-ironic, romantic-perverse, funny-poignant take on modern life in a fast, deadly lane...