> No, I got that. I was thinking of the genre,
with
> Le Carré ©n mind, I think. A lot of killing
and
> betrayal going on, but given that the
characters
> act with their governments' permission, is it
noir?
>
since a large camp believes that noir is about doom, or at
the very least, an extremely stacked deck, governments'
permission, in fact their very way of going about their
business is a primary contributor to noir. after all, what
does the phrase "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." refer to?
it's simply the way of the world
John Lau
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