You're missing my point, Juri. When a character tells a story
is not the same as the author telling a story. Any apparent
'social assumptions' are those of the character. That much
you can say. To make the claim that they are also those of
the author may or may not be true but I don't see how a
reader can tell simply from the text.
Al
----- Original Message -----
From:
juri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:26 AM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Lassie's social assumptions
and other stuff
Hey Al,
how do you know what kind of social assumptions
lie in the heart of COME BACK,
LASSIE? They may very well be very intriguing,
challenging or even Leftist.
It's not really a matter of a genre.
(I haven't read either LASSIE or YOU PLAY THE
BLACK, so can't really say.)
And I do think that you can see Michael Collins's
social assumptions in his
Nick Carters and Mike Shaynes.
And Rob,
yes, there were many Leftist or even outright
Marxists working in Hollywood
penning dozens of B movies in the thirties and
fourties. I have a book on this
(it's a Finnish book that should be translated
into English immediately) and
can check names for you, but I'd say it's an
off-list thing.
Juri
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