total joke...I can take a few ethnic jokes...I've laughed if they are meant in a 'knowing' friendly manner. The guy that told me that joke didn't have a 'bad' bone in his body...an enlightened type. On the other hand, he was Catholic. But 'Yorkers' are immersed in 'ethnicity' by their very nature...The Great Melting Pot...remember. He was Irish I believe...Irish folks know all about it...now that we are on the subject. It's the Italians that disappoint me so much more...they've really been kicked around but some of them are the most vicious 'anti-immigration' folks.
"Gangs of New York" is one of the movies that I consider brilliant social commentary.