Banits/Outlaws and Gangsters!

Are these gangsters or musicians?What do you think?
(The men in the image are from the rap genre)






In todays society, in the film industry humour is often used within the gangster genre. For example the film, 'Lock stock and two smoking barrells' the criminal acts are often shown within a humourous tone which changes the characters from criminal and deviant to 'lads being lads'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock,_Stock_and_Two_Smoking_Barrels (This link is for those that may not have seen the film!)

Within literature, music and film, the gangster and outlaw genre often consists of a struggling working class male (predominantly male but not always) who resorts to violance and crime due to the lack of legal opportunities to get by or are seduced by the notion of quick cash.In addition they canget some status and respect within their social circles. (For example Scarface/The godfather)This is not dissimilar from society. In previous generations bandits and outlaws are not all criminals. Some people maybe outlawed due to religious differences or for living lifestyle that was not criminal but deviant.



This is just an image gangsters from previous generations.