That mention of the old radio serial "The Lives of Harry
Lime" in yesterday's post triggered a thought. Harry Lime was
the villain (played by Orson Wells) in the brilliant Graham
Greene script "The Third Man." What a bad guy!! He sold
watered-down medicine in Post-War Austria's black
market.
At the time -- the 1950s -- that there were those radio
sequels to the Lime saga points to the vitality of the
character. But the 1950s couldn't let him develop and evolve
into deeper villainy. The radio serials made Lime into a
morally-murky almost omniscient character who goes after
villains worse than he.
But what a wonderful creation for the 21st century Lime could
be!! A despicable cad with a continuing series. (I suppose
Hannibal Lector is the actual & natural
equivalent.)
Any thought?
Best wishes
Frederick Zackel
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