After two escapes from highly guarded prisons, various bank robberies, and several high-speed shooting sprees, John Dillinger met his end in our very own Lincoln Park, bringing great satisfaction to the FBI. The movie Public Enemies focuses on the creation of the modern Federal Bureau of Intelligence and the search for the infamous Chicago gangster as he travels from Indiana to Chicago throughout 1933, trying to dodge his inevitable fate. Most of the United States was deep into the Great Depression at this point, but Dillinger and his men lived rather lavishly throughout this movie. Organized crime was rampant, and criminals knew they needed to have each other’s backs in order to escape the advances of the FBI. As Johnny Depp and Christian
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The only black character was John’s friend and fellow mobster Herbert Youngblood. It is true that in 1930 over 99% of Lincoln Park was white, so the portrayal was accurate in that sense. On the other hand, in the 1930’s many African-Americans came up to Chicago for the opportunity of work and the hope for a better life. As we learned in class, many jazz clubs were places for whites and blacks to be entertained in harmony, but even the club they went to was filled with only white people. Although it isn’t clear where the club was in the movie, if it had been on the Southside there probably would have been more diversity in a dance club and downtown in general. In the movie Billie reveals to John Dillinger that she is half Native-American, despite his beliefs that she is French. In the early 20th centrury, the Native American population increased in the urban area of Chicago, as the Potawami and Miami tribes moved South from the Milwaukee area. During this time, racism was already evident in Chicago but instead of the film illustrating this problem, it doesn’t have any African-American …show more content…
He was known to be very charismatic and friendly, a robin hood character of sorts. To the ladies he was known as very charming, and often had several girlfriends at once. He put off a very friendly aura, and throughout the film this shows. He walks about the public going unnoticed, and no one would ever guess he was a serial bank robber and mobster. In one scene, Dillinger is sitting in the movie theater and everyone is advised to look left and right in effort to keep an eye out for him. He surprisingly goes unnoticed, and carries on with his
The only black character was John’s friend and fellow mobster Herbert Youngblood. It is true that in 1930 over 99% of Lincoln Park was white, so the portrayal was accurate in that sense. On the other hand, in the 1930’s many African-Americans came up to Chicago for the opportunity of work and the hope for a better life. As we learned in class, many jazz clubs were places for whites and blacks to be entertained in harmony, but even the club they went to was filled with only white people. Although it isn’t clear where the club was in the movie, if it had been on the Southside there probably would have been more diversity in a dance club and downtown in general. In the movie Billie reveals to John Dillinger that she is half Native-American, despite his beliefs that she is French. In the early 20th centrury, the Native American population increased in the urban area of Chicago, as the Potawami and Miami tribes moved South from the Milwaukee area. During this time, racism was already evident in Chicago but instead of the film illustrating this problem, it doesn’t have any African-American …show more content…
He was known to be very charismatic and friendly, a robin hood character of sorts. To the ladies he was known as very charming, and often had several girlfriends at once. He put off a very friendly aura, and throughout the film this shows. He walks about the public going unnoticed, and no one would ever guess he was a serial bank robber and mobster. In one scene, Dillinger is sitting in the movie theater and everyone is advised to look left and right in effort to keep an eye out for him. He surprisingly goes unnoticed, and carries on with his