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I'm surprised that after 75 comments nobody remarked this quote: "You’re shocked because your initial image is of some back-alley Eastern European bootlegger —

I'm surprised that after 75 comments nobody remarked this quote: "You’re shocked because your initial image is of some back-alley Eastern European bootlegger — not an old Jewish guy on Long Island,” Captain Curran said. I may not be so familiar with the north american culture, can anybody clarify this for me: Is it a generally accepted fact that bootleggers are east europeans and old jews would never do such a thing?

lotharbot 14y ago
Big-time organized bootlegging/piracy is often associated with communist and former communist areas (Russia, China, the Ukraine, etc.) in popular consciousness. Not just in terms of movies, but in terms of knockoff Rolex watches, Coach bags, and so on. It's some combination of low respect for capitalism, high corruption, pockets of general lawlessness, cheap labor, and powerful criminal organizations. I certainly have a hard time picturing my 90 year old, very religious, WWII American Veteran grandpa being interested in piracy.