We've been over this before, too. Of course a writer can fail
to expose their political views. A writer can expose the
political views of their Uncle Bob if they want and if
they're good enough, the reader will never know.
I don't drive a car. Does that make me an anarchist?
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick King
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: can noir writers advocate
social reform?
I think we have a different view of what is
political
and what is not. I see the decision of what kind
of
car a person drives as a very political one.
One's car
is a much more important comment about status
than are
their shoes or trousers. Very few things a person
does
fails to telegraph their political pov. I don't
see
much of a break between a person's political
attitude
and the rest of their lives. Certainly a
writer,
intentionally or not cannot fail to expose
their
political views in all their work. Whether
we're
talking about Thompson or Wodehouse both are
making
valid and pointed political statements. With
those
two, I suspect they were in agreement most of the
time
as different as their work appears on the
surface.
Patrick King
--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Patrick King wrote:
>
> I'm sorry it seems a stretch to you. It seems
like
> ordinary plot line analysis to me. If a character
is
> not a symbol for human condition that many
can
> relate
> to, why include him?
>
> ***********
> You're simply begging the question by choosing
to
> define everything as political.
>
> miker
>
>
>
>
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