No, the lame lifestyle versions of rock an roll past it's prime.
Yakuza if you were to translate it creatively would be somethink like "snake eyes" it refers to a losing hand of cards and carries a spooky/bad connotation. Or like "8ball" or something tacky like you would see a gang be named in a boring B movie.
Beyond that they are half just conservative boomers in office buildings. So just as uncool as possible.
Society always viewed gangsters as complete scum. Right up until Hollywood started glorifying them. From The Public Enemy to The Godfather to Goodfellas to The Sopranos, they just make gangsters look badass.
The yakuza are effectively rockabilly and paid by the US government to break unions
are you talking about rock and roll?
No, the lame lifestyle versions of rock an roll past it's prime.
Yakuza if you were to translate it creatively would be somethink like "snake eyes" it refers to a losing hand of cards and carries a spooky/bad connotation. Or like "8ball" or something tacky like you would see a gang be named in a boring B movie.
Beyond that they are half just conservative boomers in office buildings. So just as uncool as possible.
The Hong Kong triads attacked the protesters in 2019. This is because the British used to employ them for the same role back in the 1960s.
So, just out of pure habit at this point?
It always feels weird to me that organized crime are uncool chuds
Always were.
Society always viewed gangsters as complete scum. Right up until Hollywood started glorifying them. From The Public Enemy to The Godfather to Goodfellas to The Sopranos, they just make gangsters look badass.