Actually the reason I read the Pelecanos gives to the women
feels like a Chandler sort of thing. He seems to think he
can't write women that well, but then he goes on to say, "I
don't know, I never tried it."
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Juri Nummelin wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, ejmd wrote:
>
> > I'd be interested to know a bit more about his
comments on my take on the
> > representation of gay characters ... I'm not
sure if anybody on the list
> > will have read the article (in CT 3.2) so, just
to clarify, in short, it was
> > roughly this; 'for Pelecanos, homosexuality
seems to be a way of coding
> > characters as deviant' and I offered several
examples, from King Suckerman,
> > Down by the River, and The Sweet
Forever.
>
> I had similar feelings when reading "King
Suckerman". I also wondered
> why there were so few dramatically important women
in the novel.
>
> Juri
>
jurnum@utu.fi
>
>
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