We never knew how many New Yorkers died that way before the city was finally delivered. My father told me we were all born in blood and tribulation, and so then too was our great city. For those of us who lived and died in them furious days, it was like everything that we knew was widely swept away. And no matter what they did to build the city up again, for the rest of time, it will be like no one even knew we were ever here.
大历史下的小历史。故事发端于纽约five points的贫民窟，前四分之三都是两个人及其代表的信仰之间的冲突，直到后四分之一，故事悄无声息地提示战争的大背景。当两主角还在为彼此帮派决战做准备时，这个混乱的熔炉终于发酵出了他矛盾的巅峰，征兵令只是催化剂，在那样贫富悬殊种族林立的动荡年代，社会要想发生质的转变，暴力流血的冲突根本不可避免。两主角的决战场被炮轰代替，贫民手里的冷兵器和尖枪厉炮鲜明对比，明示社会的趋势无可扭转。本地帮帮主低下头发现自己被一个铁器重伤，笑着说I died as an American.幸好不是一颗子弹。故事的最终所有好的坏的贫民们都死了，凄惨的配乐 悲情的场景 加上男主的一番旁白，道尽了是非成败转头空，青山依旧在，几度夕阳红。动荡岁月里生了又死了的人如一缕青烟，刮过不留痕。这是多么宿命的普世之道啊。
记一笔小细节，男主想向坦慕尼为爱尔兰人争取一个更高的公职，坦慕尼坦言他并不觉得爱尔兰人里有能胜任更高级别公职的人。以及坦慕尼望着本地帮帮主的背影说他turn back to the future.以及最终毫无悬念地是富人动用武力完全碾碎了穷人们不堪一击的暴乱。穷人似乎总是缺乏眼界，而在新的制度新的过度诞生前的熔炉阶段，一定是富人引领趋势，大概这就是温饱思政事吧。
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