----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sullivan" <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net>
> Jack, I like your definition of "Screwed." However,
I've been thinking
> about miker's question about what separates modern
(or should that be
> modernist?) noir from the antecedents he mentions.
In my mind, part of
> it seems to do with "the city." Although I can think
of exceptions (for
> instance, Daniel Woodrell and Joe Lansdale), the
city sees to me to be
> an integral part in my idea of noir.
I'd have to disagree, Mark. I don't see noir as
location-dependent. Hardboiled, maybe - its stereotype
protagonist, the PI, isn't going to get much work in a town
with a population of 1280. But surely one of noir's
stereotypes is the small town sheriff. And Charles Williams
wrote a number of noirs set at sea. Then there's all the
backwoods stuff. I think noir transcends geographical
constraints.
Al
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