Re: RARA-AVIS: Motherless Brooklyn

From: WordRunner@aol.com
Date: 17 Aug 2003


In a message dated 8/16/03 2:24:55 PM, cs_will@btopenworld.com writes:

<< I hate to open up the old definitions debate again, but Motherless Brooklyn is hardly hardboiled. >>

That's one of the reasons I like Jim D.'s definition, because my gut tells me that Motherless Brooklyn is seriously hard-boiled, and his rule says likewise. Tough, colloquial, with an attitude that is unflinchingly in your face.

                                        Jim Blue

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