> Beating up people because they are gay is
evil. Sam Spade is evil. Unlike
> other Bogart characters, there is nothing heroic
about him.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on the sexual angle of
the Maltese Falcon?
>
> yeah, those characters are gay. but Spade doesn't
beat up Wilmer and Cairo
because they're gay. he does it because he can
don't know if that makes him any less evil in your book
Spade if anything, is a survivor. nothing wrong with a strong
self-preservation instinct
John Lau
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