Hmm. *shrug* A lot of people who aren't gangsters also wear their hats titled sideways. It's the famous "rakish angle", like a wink from your hat, that Frank Sinatra made popular - you basically tilt a hat only slightly backwards, and then tilt it slightly on the side. See below: But people have been doing it long before Frank, and long after. For example, Humpy Bogart and his fedora: Or John Wayne and his cowboy hats: Or Queen Elizabeth II: Of course, this is not the only way to wear a hat. If you wear, for instance, a baseball cap, a bowler, a flat cap or a top hat, there are very few ways to tilt them and still look attractive. On the other hand, if you (like me) can wear a pork pie hat or a trilby, those hats easily lend themselves to being tilted, and they look good too. Now you may be asking: what makes you such an expert on hats, Rath? Who are you to give everyone advice? Well ... I started going bald about 20 years ago, and as a defence against the cold (and also the ferocious Australian heat), I started buying different hats in different styles, for different outfits and all kinds of weather. I've also enjoyed film noir fashions for years, and back then, almost everyone wore hats. And, for years, I've been reading about men's fashions and how to pair hats with different outfits (e.g. websites like Gentleman's Gazette), but then I look at stores, chat to salespeople, and make up my own mind about what suits me. So, for summer, I have a white stiffened-paper trilby with a black band, and a tan straw trilby with a lighter band. For fall (autumn), I have a light green flat cap to go with a light, green fall jacket. For winter, I have several grey flat caps in different styles (to go with a grey winter coat), and also a black flat cap and a black felt pork-pie hat (to go with a black winter coat). I might wear one of them to work tomorrow - the morning forecast here is for -5 C, or 23 F ... BRR. Just kill me. Anyway. Sorry to rant, but this is one topic I know lots about.
My new favourite Olympian is the silver medal-winning gymnast from Italy, Giorgia Villa. She is sponsored by Parmigiano Reggiano, and has done photo shoots with wheels of cheese. Yes, please.
As she is a sportswoman I feel it would be entirely appropriate for her to be hired to hand out the prizes at the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling. They'd get more entrants that the last six hundred years combined. They'd have to build a bigger hill.
Sinatra was probably a literal gangster, albeit on the peripheries and supposedly never a made man. Bogart played gangsters. Wayne played outlaws, which is period gangster-adjacent. OK I'm stretching here, but... Being Queen of 32 countries, the second longest reigning monarch in world history after the Sun King, being immune from the law and, not least, scaring the shit out of a misogynist Saudi prince who made a comment about female drivers by ordering the chauffeur out of their Land Rover then tearing and drifting it all the way back through her estate... Is probably a tiny bit gangster. I mean if Kamala Harris is now supposed to be Brat then the world is sufficiently un-moored that QE2 could be gangster, President of the Potato People, or a bowl of peppercorn sauce.
Uh, I'm not sure I understand the argument here? *shrug* To start with, I took the definition of "gangster" from Encyclopedia Britannica: "gangster, member of a criminal organization that systematically makes money from such activities as gambling, prostitution, narcotic trafficking, and industrial extortion." (A classic example is Al Capone, of course). So, if we take one example from Mogador's post, Humphrey Bogart ... *drumroll* ... is not a gangster. Sure, he played gangsters in films "High Sierra", "Angels with Dirty Faces", "The Roaring Twenties", "Bullets or Ballots" etc... but playing a gangster isn't the same as being one. Yes, Bogart had a reputation as a hard-drinking, fist-fighting, quick-to-anger man. But in her memoir, Lauren Bacall recalls her connection with Bogart as "the headiest romance imaginable." Throughout their courtship, Bacall describes Bogart as shy, gentle, vulnerable, and open, confiding in her about his three failed marriages. So, I don't think you can judge a person by how they wear their hats or by the image they portray. People are more complex than that. On the other hand, I totally agree with this ... Sure. People can define themselves however they want. But just because you call yourself something doesn't make it true. I mean, I like noir fashions, and own a noir-style suit, and some noir-style overcoats and hats. But I'm under no illusions; I'm not some latter-day Peter Lorre or Edward G. Robinson, or something, and I don't pretend to be one. Hmm, I don't know. The concept may be a little cheesy, but wheely good. (How long can I milk these puns, you ask? 'Til the cows come home, of course!)
There is no argument, its all just some frivolous back and forth fun with hats to while away the hours.
Do you take everything completely literally? You don't need to be part of an organized crime network to have a gangster attitude. It's a figure of speech, like saying "Wow, she's totally movie-star!" It doesn't mean she literally is a movie star, just that she looks like one.
He was just part of that crowd. All the clubs and venues he came up through were mob-controlled back in the day, so they had mutual business interests. He brought revenue to them through the box office, inclining them to help his career through various means. Very different time, too, NYC in the 40s and 50s, where the mob were public, pop-cultute figures that wielded direct influence across politics, labor unions, community action, the judiciary.
Sometimes, yes. That's part of being an Aspie. That's why having a job in accounts is perfect for me. But I realise it can be annoying sometimes, and I apologize if I offended you. *blush* Fair enough. Not being American, I'm not sure what a "gangster attitude" means. *shrug* I can guess it means "being rough and tough", but beyond that, I'm not sure. Also, what's the difference between a gangster and a mobster? (And is there a difference?) Thanks!
Ah, there it is. I was starting to wonder. No, I wasn't offended, but I was getting a little annoyed. I was starting to think maybe it's because you were an Aussie and words mean different things to you. Hey, sort-of close anyway? Aussie is only a few letters different from Aspie. Ok, I get it now.
Think of it as a badass or somebody who does what they want without concern for propriety or others opinions... in a non-destrucrive "I wish I had balls like that" fashion. Similar to a "pimp" who doesn't actually run prostitution rings. Or a "rock star" who doesn't play music.
