Bruce wrote:
I have read Elmore Leonard's "Be Cool" and just saw the movie
this afternoon. I find him very enjoyable, and technically
excellent, but pretty lightweight. Has anyone coined the
phrase "hardboiled comedy," which I think would apply to
Leonard?
************ I credit Hammett with the first hardboiled
comedy, THE THIN MAN. It wasn't very funny, though. More
pathetic, but I believe exactly in line with what Hammett was
shooting for. As Marc mentioned, Prather did hardboiled
comedy. It's pathetic, but not in a good sorta way. The
Macdonald Fletch novels might come under the hardboiled
comedy heading also. I started one but haven't been able to
finish it.
miker
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