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The twins, returning home after enriching themselves in gangland Chicago, open a juke joint and hire a young prodigy and an esteemed elder to perform there.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Described by Teixeira as a transvestite world gangland tale in the vein of Goodfellas, the film will shoot towards the end of the year.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
Scorsese’s bouts with serious asthma are well-known, along with his front-row seat to gangland violence in his neighborhood.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Salemme, who has admitted to a slew of other gangland killings, was living in Atlanta under the name Richard Parker when remains of the nightclub owner were unearthed in 2016, making the elderly ex-Mafia don a government target once again.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Described by Teixeira as a transvestite world gangland tale in the vein of Goodfellas, the film will shoot towards the end of the year.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
Scorsese’s bouts with serious asthma are well-known, along with his front-row seat to gangland violence in his neighborhood.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Salemme, who has admitted to a slew of other gangland killings, was living in Atlanta under the name Richard Parker when remains of the nightclub owner were unearthed in 2016, making the elderly ex-Mafia don a government target once again.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
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“Gangland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gangland. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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gangland
noun
gang·land
ˈgaŋ-ˌland 
-lənd
: the world of organized crime
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