A cop on a TV show I watched said the only reason the mafia is still alive is because Hollywood has glamourized it. "Otherwise they would have died out like any other street gang".

In large part I agree with this cop. The real mafia probably isn't half as great as the mafia in which your boss is James Gandolfini or Robert De Niro. Who would you rather work for...fat ass Roy Demeo or Robert De Niro?