Have you seen The Godfather? What is the mafia? How true are the movies? How did it get its start in the US? How did it grow? Is it still a thing?_x000D_ _x000D_ Romaticized in film and TV, the mafia in the US is both cool and horrible at the same time. Its effect on culture is unmistakeable. Let's talk about what it really was and is and isn't._x000D_ _x000D_ In this club, we'll take a look at the mafia's beginnings in Sicily, Italy, it's arrival in the US and its lifetime there. How did it start? What role did the American government play? What does it have to do with unions, prohibition, Las Vegas? Where are they now?_x000D_ _x000D_ Could there be anything good that came from it? Are there similar phenomenon in other counties? Let's have a fascinating convesation!_x000D_ _x000D_ 你看过“教父”吗？你知道黑手党是什么吗？电影里有多少故事是真实的？黑手党是如何起源、发展的？现在仍然存在吗？_x000D_ _x000D_ 在电影和电视中浪漫化的美国黑手党既炫酷又可怕，它对文化的影响是毋庸置疑的。让我们来谈谈哪些黑手党的故事是真实的，哪些是虚假的。_x000D_ _x000D_ 在本次活动，我们将了解黑手党在意大利西西里岛的起源，它如何到达美国，及其在美国的发展历程。美国政府扮演了什么角色？它与工会、禁令、拉斯维加斯有什么关系？黑手党们现在在哪里？_x000D_ _x000D_ 黑手党给我们带来了什么好处吗？其他国家有没有类似现象？让我们共同来一场精彩的对话吧！