Channing wrote:
However, when Mike Hammer is both A) Allegedly one of New
York's finest detectives, and B) Allegedly one of New York's
biggest studs, the fact that he mistakes a
"hot dame" with a "killer body" for a dude elicits only
derision and disbelief. It is an utterly stupid twist in the
context of that particular book. And it is simultaneously
both obnoxiously homophobic and sexist as Hammer gleefully
blows the offending transvestite away. Sure it may reflect
some of the 1950's paranoia towards women, but read from the
modern viewpoint it's insulting.
*************** I'd have to disagree with you on two points
here. First, I don't think it unreasonable that a female
impersonator could fool Hammer. I mean, did you see
"The Crying Game" that you mention? He looked pretty damned
good to me. Not that I would... oh, forget it.
I also don't see the plot as "obnoxiously" homophobic or
sexist. I don't even know what gender it would be sexist
towards. The killer is a guy, right? Is it sexist towards
men?
miker
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