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...instituted around culturally based strictures of approved behavior for delinquent groups/gangs. In his film Carlito's Way, Brian DePalma paints a portrait of how individuals within the culture cannot escape that culture, despite their desires and efforts to escape. The gang supporting the ideals posited by Miller survive in the movie. Carlito does not. Carlito's desire to attain middle class goals runs counter to one of the main motives of group delinquents as defined by Millerto defy middle class authority. In its representation of the gang culture and its culture base, the film speaks to Miller's social theories on the underpinnings of the gang culture, which encompass the areas of trouble, toughness, smartness, excitement, fate, and autonomy. Trouble, as defined by Miller, is a complex issue wherein delinquent groups seek to both stay in and out of trouble. Staying in trouble is motivated by the group's desire to perform illegal activities that challenge the authority of the middle class structure, and also to prove prowess to opposing gang members. Staying out of trouble is motivated by the desire of not getting caught, either by being arrested and thereby becoming a...