The Real Peaky Blinders
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The Peaky Blinders Are a Myth
Gangsters were mythologised as men who are kind to children, thoughtful towards older people and respectful to women. The mafia, the andragata, the komora, the yakuza, the triads, the drug gangs, all of them, prey upon their own. They take money from their own. So there is a danger there that we glamourise gangsterism and turn people like the Dans, Don Corrione, Tom Michelle into anti-heroes.
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