Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: LouDiMagio
Is anyone interested in the Liverpool crime scene?



And I don't mean that disrespectfully. But I think it speaks to the fact that many of us Americans are baffled by the British fascination with American organized crime. Because I have ho be honest, if Jack the Ripper came back from the dead, I don't think I'd even pick up a newspaper. But in all fairness, it's probably because we're too self-absorbed over here.


I can't speak for anyone else but the reason I've always found the American Mafia fascinating is the way it represents a dark mirror to the American 20th century; within its peaks and troughs, successes and failures can be seen so many aspects of U.S society in microcosm (the oft-discussed assimilation/attrition issue facing the mob is just one example) and indeed in its adoption of an ultra-business like approach can be seen the worst excesses of the American capitalist model taken to their extreme conclusion.

Edit: Meant to add I think this is one of the (many) things the Sopranos captured so stunningly.

Last edited by Don_Squirreleone; 02/26/15 03:41 PM.