The American Gangster
In American Gangster by Ridley Scott, the film uses Frank Lucas’s rise to power to expose how race and systemic…
No way out of the “Box”
A common gangster story involves a rise to success after living a hustler’s life. For example, in “Billy Bathgate” by…
El Pachuco
The meaning behind El Pachuco’s character did not make sense to when I read “Zoot Suit” by Luis Valdez. It wasn’t…
Fashion Wars
I found the story stelling in “Zoot Suit” by Luiz Valdez beautiful and captivating but also hard to stomach because…