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Rolaholic wrote:Gonna be interesting to see Capone,Lansky and Luciano start to become the big bad bosses they became.
Sai Wing Mock was a Chinese-American gangster who ruled Chinatown in the early 1900s with his gang, the Hip Sing Tong (which sounds like Korean pop festival). He was also a pretty extravagant dude: One time, after a long gambling session, "he came back to New York with diamond studs blazing from his shirt front and $30,000 in his pockets." Adjusted for inflation, that's the modern-day equivalent of super-gluing a Ferrari to your crotch.
Via Wikimedia Commons The original gangsta pimp.
Being a well-known criminal figure, Mock had to put up with the constant murder attempts that came with the title. During a typical attempt on his life, he would find himself surrounded by blazing guns and flying hatchets -- to which he reacted with all the caution and common sense of a character in a John Woo movie.
Getty If today's gangsters used throwing-axes, the war on drugs would be a hell of a lot more entertaining.
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Since he was essentially a well-dressed moving target, Mock always traveled with chain mail armor, two revolvers and a hatchet. This was apparently more about looking cool than anything, since the guy didn't really give much of a damn about his own safety: When attacked, he would react by running into the middle of the street, crouching down and firing his two revolvers at the same time.
Oh, and he did everything we just described with his eyes closed.
Via cinemasights.wordpress.com Like this, but spinning on the ground. And with more hats.
While this method wasn't exactly efficient when it came to actually hitting people with bullets, it did scare the crap out of the assassins sent after him, it seems -- in 30 years, he was shot only once.
Mock was known "Mock Duck," which makes him sound like a (possibly racist) Dick Tracy enemy. He was young (he took control of Chinatown in his early 20s), stylish, gentle-spoken and fearless: basically, a Chinese Marlo Stanfield.
Getty Again, with more hats.
Seriously, the only thing that could have made this guy more like a supervillain is if he had some insane distinguishing feature, like maybe long, lethal-looking fingernails ... which he totally did have.
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Quincy Powell wrote:Not surprised at Jimmy's death. I'm surprised Nicky pulled the trigger. Hopefully next season we get more Benjamin Siegel. I've always been intrigued by his story. Can't wait to see how he's portrayed.
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Shox23 wrote: i didn't even know Siegel was in this season
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bkmac wrote:-Nucky having Manny on his side .
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cartune wrote:Jimmy gonna get shot in the face.
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