Chris Liss on Nostr: They are interesting because the movie glamorizes them. Even the prison scenes have ...

They are interesting because the movie glamorizes them. Even the prison scenes have them cooking good food and making a big deal of it. Are mobsters really that interesting? Or have they been sold to us as interesting?

The characters were glamorized at first but ultimately bereft of anything redeeming. Henry Hill was a loser, and it made no difference that he testified against his benefactor because his benefactor was a scumbag too. There was no sense of betrayal because the moral stakes were so low.