Is this a realistic portrayal of 1970s NYC gangs?

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jstang411 — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 10:28 AM)

It still was set in the future, just a not so distant one. That took care of the budget problems and gave them some leeway on the storylinethe gang and violence problems at the time were most real though.

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therealman — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 01:57 PM)

Other than wardrobe/theme, a big difference with the gangs in the film vs. in real life was how well most of the gangs were integrated. In the sixties when the novel was written and into the seventies when the movie was made gangs would be of a single race. You would have the black gangs vs. the mexican gangs vs. the white gangs. The producers didn't think (probably correctly) movie fans would go to see a picture that featured all Hispanic leads. So they integrated the gangs and made the lead white.