<<It all started with Chandler. The godfather of noir
wrote
brilliant stories in the '30s and '40s that promoted racial
and social hegemony.>>
Classic fallacious argument. State a dubious "fact" as if it
were the starting point. I do not accept the hypothesis,
stated as fact, that "Chandler's stories promoted...". This
article is abysmally argued. In content, it's very late
twentieth century.
The Chandler prototype (Philip Marlowe) can be used, without
the least violence, regardless of the ethnicity of the
knight. White knight, black knight, Indian knight, X-American
knight, female knight, gay knight -- they can all be
Marlovian. Being a Marlowe is a function, not a social
statement.
Regards,
MrT
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