Friday 26 February 2010

Gangster Genre Elements

Iconography - the overcoats with turned up collars, broad brimmed hats, pistols, machine guns

Setting - the concrete jungle of the city

Style - montage sequences for violent action

Narrative - Basic conflicts show gangsters who influenced in crime, drug, leadership struggles, rivalry against other gangs, internal struggle of identity, and idolise this life of power and money.

Characters - the brutal gangster hero with loyal or overambitious henchmen, women as sexual ornaments, respectable mothers and sisters upholding traditional values.

Themes - it is usually ethnic gangster raises from a poor working class environment to social prominence through illegal and brutal means, which leads them to rivalry, violence and death.


Audience response - Gangsters appeal to their audience, as they are usually a highly attractive figure, with physical and economic aggressiveness. Their economic aggression is usually seen more in America as it exposes the ruthlessness and greed that lie behind the American Dream of material success.


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