Kevin Smith (kvnsmith@colba.net)
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:51:55 -0400
In response to my comment that:
>> Clete is out there, warts and all, bouncing
around loose, barely
>> controllable by Dave or anyone else, often
making things worse.
Jerry wrote:
> Just your typical New Orleans policeman.
Except that now, after stints as a cop, a mob bag man, and a
hired thug, Clete's currently a bona-fide P.I. Are NOPD cops
really that bad?
As for a Clete-only book looking like a rip-off of Robert
Crais' LA REQUIEM, well, hell, who cares? If Crais can
survive the Spenser-copy cat charges levelled at him, Burke
can probably live through it too. Crais and Burke are very
different writers, anyway; far more different than Crais and
Parker.
John Goodman as Clete? I see Clete as dangerous, so it's
hard, at first, to picture Fred Flinstone in the role. He'd
have to get really down and dirty and sweaty. Maybe a few
five-day benders to prep for it. But Goodman has surprised me
before.
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