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Originally Posted by Pirate
I think that's the issue, though. Within their environment, redeeming qualities do exist. You just have to look at it from their point-of-view. So many gangster pictures are, in actuality, character studies that ask the audience to stretch beyond their narrow moral compasses. Looking for qualities based on your own definitions of right and wrong close you off to a lot of great stories.
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Hey, I really liked American Psycho, and Silence of the Lambs. I think that it's not about the moral positions of the characters, but strictly the genre of gangsters. The same goes for drug dealers. I will watch the movies, but I can't be expected to be interested in the characters if I have no way of connecting on any level to them. I will say that I was empathetic to Kay and to Mama Corleone, and Kay kept me somewhat involved. But none of the Corleones were that way.