Ian McDonald studies and teaches political science in Portland, Oregon, and has taught classes on American politics and film in the 1960’s. Ian has a PhD in political science from Duke University and is currently writing about the link between politics and the mob genre. 
Doing Favors: The Insular Moral and Political World of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman
The restrained tone, middle American location, and half-century historical sweep of The Irishman depart from Scorsese’s gangland epics Goodfellas and Casino. It isn’t a political treatise, but it does tie[…]
