Re: The Gangster Film and the American Dream, Part II

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> Fascinating article on how gangster movies reflect American capitalist
> interests.
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<http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/33267/the_gangster_film_and_the_american.html>
Fascinating if you haven't read much about gangster pictures. Nothing
really 
original in it.

There's something in the human psyche that wants to glorify the outlaw; 
something that's probably based on a realization that the respectable
people 
in power don't consider your well-being a high priority. A desire to just
do 
what you want to do and take what you want to take probably has something
to 
do with it, as well.

It has, of course, little bearing in reality. The outlaws don't consider 
your well-being a high priority, either. But perhaps the need for this 
fantasy says something positive about human nature--that there's a streak
of 
rebelliousness in all of us.

Lincoln