The biggest thing he’s forgotten is that 99% of the people complaining about how demographic groups are represented aren’t in those groups. They’re liberal busy body WASPs being offended “on behalf” of those poor unfortunates. Oh sure, there’s always some ADL from the group, but most don’t care. Look at all the surveys of Native Americans about the sports team names, they give a crap, but those WASPs sure are upset about it. And it’s really the same with all these.
It is true things evolve. Most of the OC being depicted in modern times is Russians or Armenians. Part of that is because reality evolves. Italian OC isn’t that big anymore. Other groups have over taken them, they’ve lost their luster and power.
Very true, discostu. You might enjoy Bill O'Reilly's latest Kiling book, Killing the Mob, described in post 14 above.
With regard to God_luvs_America's discontent, I looked up the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) list of Top 100 Gangster Movies. Even given that the Italian-American mob was pre-eminently visible in the U.S. in the last century, only 14 of IMDB's top 100 are specifically or primarily about the Italian-American mob. One additional film is about Italy's mob in Naples, Italy. All the rest are an array of Irish-American, African-American, Asian, Hispanic, and assorted other crime organizations.
The Top 100 list didn't even include multiple award-winning films about about non-mafia organized crime, such as Spotlight, about the coverup of child rape by the Archdiocese of Boston; Traffic, about Hispanic drug activities; two versions of The Ladykillers about gambling in the rural South; numerous Ocean's films about cash or jewel heists, including one with a female cast; older acclaimed heist flicks like Topkapi, two versions of The Thomas Crown Affair; and many, many more covering the full spectrum of OC by a wide range of ethnicities.