gangsters

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In clipped, fast-moving scenes, Mr. Sayles shifts between the boardroom and the assembly line, and radiates out to develop the roles of attendant characters, from journalists to labor activists to gangsters and rumrunners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Critics say the links between Karachi’s gangsters and Islamist terrorists are overdrawn, that the real Karachi is far less glamorous than its Bollywood incarnation, and that one character’s Punjabi accent isn’t quite right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

But I’ve seen that look in pro-fighters, football players and serious gangsters.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

My role is that of a detective, and throughout this game of fatal political espionage, I encounter multiple puppet characters — electricians, would-be-mayors, gangsters, dead puppets.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

They were the true “OGs,” as the kids say, the original gangsters, and although the language, colors, and turf have changed dramatically over the last four hundred years, the theme is universal.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers