various and sundry -
Brian wrote:
1.
>But when I read about women PIs, cops, what have you,
in
>fiction, something about it doesn't ring true and I
tune out.
Um, well, I can assure you that there are plenty of female
police officers out there; don't know about PI's but then I'm
not sure how many PI's there really are period (probably not
as many real ones as fictional ones, at least in the literary
sense that we think of them). Not sure exactly what
believability problems the existence of women in law
enforcement should present in 2001.
2. Somebody way back mentioned Cary Grant having a modified
Cockney accent. I never really thought of it that way - I
thought he generally had this accent that was not exactly
English/not exactly American, though he could sound more
English or more American depending on the character. Anyway,
the classic "Cary Grant" voice was obviously fake, so I don't
imagine he would've had a problem making it sound a little
more mean-streets-y if it came to that. Or maybe they coulda
dubbed in Bogey's voice with Grant's body, how's that for a
picture? I actually think Bruce Willis would make a good
Marlowe; (not that a Marlowe picture should be a Bruce Willis
Movie, with attended explosions, etc.) Russell Crowe would
also be an interesting choice, though I think he'd be more
interesting in an emotionally-rawer role, like a Lehane hero
(or an Ellroy hero, she says, then thinks, oh yeah.
. .)
Finally, just finished up "The Cracked Earth" by John
Shannon. It's a great book, a fresh take on a potentially
hackneyed plot. Are the rest of Shannon's this good?
Incidentally, this is one that made me absolutely marvel that
anyone would ever choose to live in Los Angeles. There's a
certain perverse appeal to Chandler's LA, or Connelly's LA,
and Crais just makes me want to pack up and move there, but
Shannon makes me glad to be on the east coast.
Carrie
*****************
"Is that what you do for a living?" she asked. "Find
folks?"
"Sometimes," I said. "Other times I just look."
-James Crumley, "The Last Good Kiss"
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