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**Qeiafib** · 10-01-2006, 08:00 AM

Well, for one thing Boss Tweed wasn't in power until the 1880s. *As far as I can tell, there was no naval bombardment of the city to quell the uprisings.

And I think that there were only, like, twenty-five Chinese people, most certainly all men, in the city, as opposed to the large ethnic community that they featured in the movie.

Those were my main gripes, as well as the fact that many of the gangs featured in the movie had either disbanded or had not formed by the 1860s.

10-01-2006, 08:00 AM	#18
Qeiafib Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	Well, for one thing Boss Tweed wasn't in power until the 1880s. *As far as I can tell, there was no naval bombardment of the city to quell the uprisings. And I think that there were only, like, twenty-five Chinese people, most certainly all men, in the city, as opposed to the large ethnic community that they featured in the movie. Those were my main gripes, as well as the fact that many of the gangs featured in the movie had either disbanded or had not formed by the 1860s.
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