>From: Kevin Burton Smith <
kvnsmith@colba.net>
>Reply-To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Those were the
days
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:51:29 -0400
>
>>spouting swear words or offensive terms does not
make one tough.
>
I agree with you all the way. You need attitude
to be tough and when your attitude lands you in a tough
situation you need a little muscle to back it up. The scene
in The Monkey's Raincoat where Cole first gets grilled by Lt.
Baishe is tuff stuff and not once does Crais use foul
language...
>In fact, as much as I admire Ellroy, I think he does
tend to overdo
>it. Sometimes he comes off like a ten year old kid in
the schoolyard,
>spouting off all the "bad words" he can, trying to
impress his
>friends.
>
interestingly i watched a sort of low budget
documentary/interview on James Ellroy and no matter what he
was talking about I'd estimate that every 3rd word out of his
mouth was either shit, piss or fuck. The only Ellroy book
I've read is Black Dahlia and i don't recall much foul
language. But i suppose if thats the way he talks thats the
way he is going to write.
"He snarled and called me something nasty." That is a great
line. But for me its great because the guy 'snarled'. If he
had said 'yer a fucking asshole' it would be lacking. If it
was: He snarled and called me fuckface...well i think that is
funny, because the guy snarled.
>
>By the way, it's a sad day in the "sincerity of the
language of the
>street" when the word "nigger" has become so devalued
that it's
>applied to a white dude like yourself.
>--
the word nigger never had value. and it hasn't
become 'devalued' to become the worst sort of insult to a
white dude. if my neighbors wanted to insult me they would
call me a cracker. the word, when used in certain situations,
has become a greeting. i live in a neighborhood with quite an
active gang population. Ive lived here long enough to become
known as a member of the neighborhood. when someone says to
me 'wassup niggah' he's saying what's up dude, brother, man.
it means im accepted in the community, neighborhood.
>Kevin Burton Smith
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