My little cousin asked me what the word thug meant. I didn't know how to answer it knowing that his parents have protected him from everything that isn't perfect. My concept about "thugs" was very different before begin reading Among the Thugs by Bill Buford. It shows thugs form another point of view, and honestly, a more crude and realistic one. We have a clear misconception about them. Trends in twitter like "rollin' in dough #thuglife" aren't what the "thug life" is really about.
Just by the title, we can tell that the author obviously gets involved in the thug life. And...when have we ever seen an author/director making a chronicle/documentary about something and remaining the same person? Yeah. This shall be interesting.
It's always the same: author is an outsider about topic but wants to dig information because he is interested and wants to look as a good journalist and ends up adapting to the way of life in which his point of investigation lives. And he effectively does become a good journalist. The thing with Among the Thugs is that Bill Buford incorporates himself and it gives us a perspective from someone that has the same experience as us regarding the topic: none.
Let's bet. I say the story unfolds the way I said it will. (He begins as a complete outsider and thinks that hooligans are grotesque but ends changing his behavior and understanding their way of life, even picking up certain habits). You say it doesn't unfold that way.
Done. Let's see who wins.
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