Aug 10, 2019
4 min read
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Kitchen’ Offers Over-Familiar Genre Tropes And Little Else
Until recently, the gangster/mobster genre has been overpopulated with all-male characters as toxic, self-destructive leads and disposable supporting players. Name the ethnic group (Italian, Irish, Puerto Rican/Mexican/Columbian) and they have at least 3–4 entries in a gangster or mobster genre list, but they’ve always been male-oriented and male-dominated. The violence too has been usually between men, with…
