In other words, I mean in other word, noir and harboiled are
stories of alienation (as in Œcrime¹).... How¹s that?
Montois
On 2/20/08 6:48 PM, "Patrick King" <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd say much
more than "class, colour, money,
> education, status and sex," the clashes that occur
in
> noir and hardboiled fiction are between the lucky
and
> the unlucky in life. Most stories concern
someone
> who's been very lucky or unlucky, and how their
luck
> shifts and then shifts back. Sometimes the
shift
> occurs due to hard work and intelligent
planning
> (Mildren Pierce, The Godfather), Or criminal
activity
> (The Grifters, Postman Always Rings Twice),
but
> suddenly something that looks like great good
fortune
> fails, or a gravytrain that looked like it would
run
> forever is routed out, or someone who's never had
a
> bit of luck fianlly sees an opportunity.
Class,
> colour, money, education, status and sex are
really
> just the underpinning of the story. You could
reverse
> any of these in a well-written noir story, and
still
> have just as good a tale as long as the reversals
of
> fortune hold true.
>
> Patrick King
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