ʃˈædɔɪən ɪz ɐ fˈɪlm skˈɑːlɚ hˌuː ɹˈoʊt ðə mˈɑːnoʊɡɹˌæf dɹˈiːmz ænd dˈɛd ˈɛndz: ðɪ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ɡˈæŋstɚ fˈɪlm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt, tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiː.
Shadoian is a film scholar who wrote the monograph Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film (1978, 2003).