Just in case you're worrying about the mystery genre turning
cozy, cozy,
cozy, here's a little word of nasty wisdom I heard last night
on mainstream
American television:
"The only thing I like better than killing women is cats...I
don't even
charge for them..."
-Mr. Chapel (Michael Madsen), on Vengeance Unlimited last
night, pretending
to be a psychotic hitman, and simultaneously hospitalizing
thousands of
cozy lovers around the world.
Has anyone else caught this yet? Chapel plays this mysterious
guy who goes
around righting wrongs, a sort of Equalizer who enjoys his
work a bit too
much. There's a real giddy sense of noir on this one. The
only mystery is
why it's on at eight o'clock. They should put it on at ten
and pull out the
stops...
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving too, Bill...
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Kevin Smith
The Thrilling Detective Web Site
http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/
This month: Hit and Run by Christopher Mills, and More Comic
Book Eyes
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