>
> In a message dated 2/22/02 3:03:18 PM,
zspider@gte.net writes:
>
> << is noir really that profound or impressive
or artistic? couldn't
one just
>
> as easily stick one's head up his ass and wax
poetically about the
dark? >>
>
> funny, my wife asked me pretty much the same thing
last night. I said
> something like, "what's so interesting about a story
that goes 'once
upon a
> time, there was a nice guy. good things happened to
him. and he
lived
> happily ever after.' "
>
> she gave me one of those 'no sex for you tonight'
looks and walked
away.
>
> John Lau
> --
My wife's main complaint with a lot of the stuff that I read
(& even more, the movies I like to watch) is that it's
"boy's stuff", featuring all boys with guns - which is a
little hard to refute, as far as generalisations go &
although she'll tell you that she doesn't like HB/noir books
I have gotten her to read (& enjoy) to some extent or
other, Jim Thompson, John D MacDonald, Ross Macdonald &
Elmore Leonard, to name a few. In fact, she loves Leonard
& John D & if Travis McGee was a real human my
marriage would be in serious trouble right now (despite
McGee's almost troglodytic attitudes toward the "fairer
sex").
Rene
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