Television Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia (Netflix)

[Hoof the ball]

Excellent little documentary series on the strength of the Five Families in the 60s/70s and the subsequent creation of the RICO act which led to wiretapping that ultimately weakened the mob in the 80s.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Yea it was brilliant.

Would love to see a doc on Donnie Brasco as well.

 

[VorZakone]

It was good. It's bizarre how powerful the Mafia used to be.

 

[acnumber9]

I was a little disappointed by it. Too much FBI and not enough about how the mob get their control. Though it’s always going to be more difficult to get people in the mob to talk about it for obvious reasons.

 

[VorZakone]

It's not really a doc on the mafia necessarily, the main focus is the Commission Trial.

 

[Paxi]

It was okay. Expected to be much more gripping.

 

[acnumber9]

It's not really a doc on the mafia necessarily, the main focus is the Commission Trial.

Yeah but it is sold as such. Which is why I was a little disappointed though I shouldn’t have been particularly surprised by that.

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

As a side bar, has there ever been a more abused law than RICO?

 

[ha_rooney]

Was a decent watch.

It’s a bit funny seeing Guiliani as someone who took down the Mob & battled corruption to what he is now.

 

[Hoof the ball]

Yeah but it is sold as such. Which is why I was a little disappointed though I shouldn’t have been particularly surprised by that.

Really? The name of the show is New York vs. The Mafia. About as clear an indication that court procedure is a big part of this series?

 

[Hoof the ball]

I was a little disappointed by it. Too much FBI and not enough about how the mob get their control. Though it’s always going to be more difficult to get people in the mob to talk about it for obvious reasons.

You're better off reading Five Families by Selwyn Raab. Comprehensive amount of the development and organisation of the Mafia from the early 1900's until today.

 

[acnumber9]

Really? The name of the show is New York vs. The Mafia. About as clear an indication that court procedure is a big part of this series?

Yeah, the trailers didn’t focus much on them chatting about how they put bugs into places though did it? I just found it a little dull in places.

 

[acnumber9]

You're better off reading Five Families by Selwyn Raab. Comprehensive amount of the development and organisation of the Mafia from the early 1900's until today.

I’ve not read it but sounds good.

 

[VorZakone]

A bit off topic but apparently there's like a 5-6 hour British doc on the mafia which does feature a lot of mobster interviews. It's from the 80s when most of these famous mob dudes were alive.

Part 1:

 

[mariachi-19]

Was a decent watch.

It’s a bit funny seeing Guiliani as someone who took down the Mob & battled corruption to what he is now.

Its a reminder of the man he once was, not the shell/conman he is now.

 

[Redplane]

Its a reminder of the man he once was, not the shell/conman he is now.

Or maybe the plan all along was to turn the city over to the Russian mob. Dun dun dun...