Re: RARA-AVIS: Westlake on Noir and Hard-Boiled

From: BaxDeal@aol.com
Date: 06 Jan 2009

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    In a message dated 1/6/09 6:49:57 PM, moorich@aol.com writes:

    > This reminds me of the old vaudeville bit that Abbott & Costello had a
    > go at several times in both movies and television.   The mention of a
    > place would turn a character (often played by Sid Fields) into a
    > maniac.  There was a long shaggy dog story leading into it but then
    > the mere mention of the key word or words would prompt an explosion.
    >

    in the Steve Martin film noir parody DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID, the mention of the term "cleaning woman" did the trick

    John Lau

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