Mobsters are not heroes. Their lives are not romantic. They nor their families have any peace. Mobsters are criminals that hurt and use people to gain riches. They are immoral and cruel.
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We’ll for starters, that’s Marlon Brando
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They’re not mythic figures. They may have achieved some comic book mythical standing for buying bread for poor neighbors, but they were murderous criminals and are remembered as no more than that.
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Nice article María. I think the mafia movies helped to create the mythic figures. Here is a list that I made on
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Surely you're talking about the "actors" playing the part of the criminals you mentioned, nobody holds a serial killer in high esteem unless they themselves have serious mental health issues.
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Because being a mobster had been glamorized by movies, etc.
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You can add Trump to that list!
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Probably a similar explanation like why folks cling to religion as a hope of salvation. Everyday life becomes unfulfilling, boring, and they seek answers. Hollywood provides these escapes which some romanticize vicariously seeing themselves as that powerful albeit criminal.
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Hollywood showed them as brutal savages not sure how u missed that part of movie but...
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NewYorker I think in theory ? They are spiritual in the sense that many were Catholic and Loved their Families . They were thought of as Robin Hood of their time . PEACE 
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They were poor using any means necessary to not be poor anymore.
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Mafia : yes ! That’s why I stated the Robin Hood theory . Rob the rich give to the poor . But , they themselves became rich ?
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Stockholm Syndrome? Those families and communities were terrorized by sociopaths known to kill at will.
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Because Hollywood.
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Cause there sexy and dangerous
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Only Marlon Brando and Al Pacino...oh and James Gandolphini...we like great performances not actual evil.
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