At 11:00 PM 24/11/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>Not only are they the defining characterstics of
noir. They are the
>ONLY defining characteristics of noir.
I don't see a need to go around that cycle again- it's all in
the RA archives.
>But even if you disagree with that, the notion that
something that
>would otherwise be hard-boiled or noir but for its
political focus is
>fallacious.
Yes, of course it is. The political focus actually suggests
noir, especially assuming the knowledge that power
necessarily corrupts. This applies to power in the very
broadest, as well as the defined, partisan, sense.
Best, Kerry
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