Rob Sheffield

The Sopranos' gets praised as novelistic, but it follows the most banal of life patterns, showing the sheer tedium of being a mobster. It has dead spots, boring plotlines, weak episodes. Characters develop slowly, or don't. Like viewers, a gangster might get bored, fade out of the action, then come back to find none of his debts forgotten.

American Journalist

Joseph D. Pistone

I didn't try to be a tough guy. I didn't try to be a big mobster. I was who I was. I didn't stop doing what I normally did. I worked out. I lifted weights. I ran. That's what I usually did.

American Public Servant

Jason Mewes

I definitely would like to do something serious. Not like a love story, but serious like maybe a gangster or a mobster. A gang or a mob movie would be great.

American Actor

Cesar Romero

Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes.

Mobster is specifically tied to organized crime, not solo criminals.

Organized Crime

Always used negatively to describe criminals who threaten society.

Negative Connotation

Mobsters are often portrayed in movies and books as villains.

Cultural Depictions

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