Re: RARA-AVIS: Subject Matter
SYNEFROG@aol.com
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:26:53 -0500 (EST)
all your points have validity...the issue at hand though is
that the subject
of this list id "hardboiled fiction" (which of course includes
film, theatre,
music, painting, design...etc) and not murder
mysteries/thrillers at
large...again it is sometimes a very tenuous line to define
what is
applicable, and these inclusions are valid but some of the
recent 'strings'
evolved, i repeat: evolved, into free for all ramblings about
tv series or
casting in features that had absolutely no 'noir'
content...that's where, i
believe, the subject of this group is lost and i feel compelled
to say it...
now grant you, and that's no problem, there is always the old
'delete' button
available...
this brings one thought to the surface though: when i read
'hardboiled
fiction' i, as a frenchman, read it in fact as 'noir'
instantly...does it
mean the same to you and to the majority of english
speakers...
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