----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Burton Smith"
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kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com>
> I'd have to agree. While a great many noirs (both
film and novel) are
> set in the working class, it's not a major factor or
a defining
> definition. These people are screwed and doomed
whether the spoon in
> their yaps when they were born was silver or
take-out plastic.
Perhaps Lehane's point was that where classical tragedy
excludes the working class (a protagonist of 'high estate' is
essential), noir can be (and often is) both tragic and
working class.
Al
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