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The film is “American Gangster” (2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Reading is Will Cooley, \u201cThe Work: Dealing and Violence in the War on Drugs Era,\u201d Labor: Studies in Working- Class History<\/em>, 15:2 (2018), 77-110.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The critic David Denby says\u00a0American Gangster\u00a0<\/em>sends a confusing message. Is Frank Lucas\u2019s ascent meant to be a \u201cstrike against racism\u201d or a \u201ccruel joke on his own community\u201d? He states, \u201cviewers may ask why it\u2019s supposed to be better that hundreds, maybe thousands, of people in Harlem were destroyed by black gangsters rather than by Italians.\u201d\u00a0What are your thoughts? Answer in 8-10 sentences, citing the film and the reading.<\/li>
  2. Many critics argue that the Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) character does not add much to the film and makes it yet another cops and robbers movie. The source material for the film did not include the Roberts character at all. Why did the filmmakers choose to give this character so much screen time in a film called \u201cAmerican Gangster\u201d?<\/li>
  3. For \u201cThe Work,\u201d what is the author\u2019s thesis (argument)?\u00a0 Cite page numbers.<\/li>
  4. What are the author\u2019s secondary claims (the major key points that support or help prove the argument). Examine at least two. Cite page numbers.<\/li>
  5. Summarize your thoughts about the essay. Does the author prove his argument? Which evidence or which points most persuaded you that the historian\u2019s interpretation was correct? Which arguments or claims provoked the most skepticism? \u00a0\u00a0Cite specific examples and page numbers. Use 6-10 sentences.<\/li>
  6. Critics of the essay and the film argue that drug law reformers do not properly address the problems that would come with ending drug prohibition and claim changing drug laws could make things worse.\u00a0 Do you agree?\u00a0 Why or why not? Use 5-8 sentences.<\/li>
  7. Why did Frank Lucas succeed in becoming a powerful black gangster and an equal of the Italian mafia when so many of his predecessors had failed to reach these heights? What changed in this era? Use 6-10 sentences and cite the reading and the movie. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    The film is “American Gangster” (2007). The Reading is Will Cooley, \u201cThe Work: Dealing and Violence in the War on Drugs Era,\u201d Labor: Studies in Working- Class History, 15:2 (2018), 77-110. Here are the questions: The critic David Denby says\u00a0American Gangster\u00a0sends a confusing message. Is Frank Lucas\u2019s ascent meant to be a \u201cstrike against racism\u201d or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-paper-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1218,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions\/1218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}