Nangona isithintelo sele siphelile, uthando lwabantu ngeebhari ezinemixholo yeediliya luphezulu kakhulu. Ii-Speakeasies aziseyonto yakudala-zona kunye neeapos ngoku ziyindlela enomdla yokuba nobusuku obonwabisayo kwizixeko ezininzi ezijikeleze i-US, okanye kwihlabathi liphela.
Ii-Speakeasies bezingasoloko ziyigimmick ye mixologists kunye nabanini beebar. Ngoku ka Imyuziyam yeMob eLas Vegas, ezi ndawo zifihliweyo, zikwabizwa ngokuba ngamalungu e-gin kunye neehagu ezingaboniyo, zeza njengempendulo kuthintelo lotywala ngexesha loThintelo. Nangona i-Prohibition yayijolise ekungazinziseni ilizwe, yayinokuphikisana kakhulu-ibangela abathengisi botywala abaninzi ngokungekho mthethweni (ababizwa ngokuba zii-bootleggers), kubandakanya i-Al Capone, ukuba bazuze kakhulu.
NgokweMyuziyam yeMob, uCapone wenza imali eqikelelwa kwizigidi ezingama-60 zeerandi ngonyaka njengotywala obungekho mthethweni kunye nomthengisi wotywala obunzima kwizithethi zasekhaya zaseChicago.
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