Kerry quoted somebody of Sam Spade.
(Jim Blue, I think)
>Because the former rises from a battle
with
personal demons, a hard
>boiled theme as old as the genre, while
the
latter violates even Sam Spade's
>oft repeated motto, "I won't play the sap
for
you."
Kerry said:
>But Spade is a sap, as are all the characters
in
The Maltese Falcon, conned by some unseen hand into lying,
cheating, killing
and, perhaps most telling of all, the mistrust and denial of
love. This for
the pursuit of a worthless chunk of lead.<
Spade "acts" the sap throughout the whole book, but there is
purpose behind it. He was pretty certain that Brigett did it
early on -- and unlike the others, he did not lust after the
black bird.
Now, a little help here. Please, I need an answer asap --
within the hour if possible -- so send it private to my
e-mail addy.
Was the Falcon lead? I thought it was porceline.
Anybody?
Jack
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