THE BLACK HAND FORUM

well said B.

I understand, the general public prefers the story that Lucky Luciano created the American mafia by eliminating the former bosses, but like all the resources available today it would be interesting to see a more faithful documentary about the Mafia.

The history of the New York mafia is based almost entirely on a single pivotal point.

Why did they decide to lose the moustaches?


Why disregard an ancient sign of masculinity cultivated and ultimately perfected in said ‘stache’, over centuries for the, facial Brazilian?



I might need some time with this.

Most media about the mafia is geared toward the lowest common denominator. Teenage drug dealers with a Tony Montana poster in their bedroom and tired dads who are getting an hour away from the wife and kids. Most books and newspaper articles used for the documentaries are sensationalized and poorly researched, and the big names, recycled myths, and "gangland hits" are supposedly what sell. People would apparently rather hear about how Lucky Luciano and his brainy Jew buddy realized the American dream by taking out the old Mustaches and organizing the Italian prohibition gangs into a corporate structure ruled by a Batman villain syndicate.

I personally think there is a market for more accurate mafia research in the media and that there are people casually interested in the mob who would be interested in hearing some new info if presented right. It's an uphill battle, though, because a lot of public hype for the mob has died out post-Sopranos and the academic world typically lumps the Italian mafia in with general "organized crime" which is boring as fuck in my opinion and doesn't do justice to the sociological phenomenon that it is.

recently being shown around here "Embajadores da máfia" is "The Making of the Mob New York," and I was asked why even in recent documentaries he still remain with the same mistakes? Not to mention such important figures as Salvatore D'Aquila and Giuseppe Morello, giving the impression that New York had only Maranzano and Masseria as bosses, to say that Siegel and Lansky were part of the mafia dome, to say that the original commission was only composed by the 5 families of NY and say that Luciano created the mafia because before him they were only independent gangs and had until Luciano speaking that was Capo di tutti capi in the convention of Cuba in 1946. Some controversial points like after the end of the prohibition the mafia to invest in narcotics in Mexico is Siegel and Virginia Hill have important roles in this, in addition to important cases like the trial of Luciano for compulsory prostitution is Luciano having a huge power in the commission even after being deported to Italy, these I can not speak right because I do not have much knowledge , but in your opinions why do documentaries continue to speak the same mistakes of the past?