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Powerful cabals and the inner workings of absolute power

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Raised byRob

Martin Scorsese

5 episodes touching this theme
  • Partially
    King of Comedy

    · raised by Rob

    "The network and its gatekeepers exist, but you mostly stay with Rupert rather than inside the system."

    Cross-refAll the President's MenThe Godfather
  • Strongly explored
    Goodfellas

    · raised by Rob

    "You describe Paulie and the higher-ups as a small deity-like cabal everyone orbits around."

    Cross-refAll the President's MenThe Godfather
  • Strongly explored
    The Aviator

    · raised by Rob

    "You highlight the boardrooms, senators and studio heads as old-boys’ clubs trying to crush or control him."

    Cross-refAll the President's MenThe Godfather
  • Strongly explored
    The Irishman

    · raised by Rob

    "You unpack the marriage of mob, union and political power as an overlapping set of cabals."

    Cross-refAll the President's MenThe Godfather
  • Strongly explored
    Killers of the Flower Moon

    · raised by Rob

    "You frame Hale’s network of bankers, doctors and lawmen as a small-town cabal with massive power."

    Cross-refAll the President's MenThe Godfather