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In many gangster films the rise of the gangster, and his increasing separation either from his roots or from "acceptable society-, are exemplified by a change into clothes that are signifiers of affluence (if not taste). ... You look like a gangster-. Gangster films are developed around the menacing actions of criminals, or gangsters, who operate outside the law, stealing and murdering their way through life. ... In his essay, The Gangster as Tragic Hero, Robert Warshow (1971 cited Neale 2000) suggests, "the typical gangster film presents a steady upward progress followed by a very precip...
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