miker:
>
> applying a little (very little) thought to it makes
me wonder about the
> "colloquial "requirement. that means a character
cannot be deemed
> hardboiled, solely by his actions. so a mute
character could not be
> hardboiled, could he? ;-)
>
Since colloquial means means, "characteristic of or suitable
to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal
speech or writing", technically he couldn't. I guess the
character, Ken Warren, in Gores' DKA series wouldn't qualify
either because he stutters. A character can't talk too well
or badly.
The other objection to Gutman's being hard boiled is that he
is 'prissy'. That is a made up word combining 'prim' and
'sissy. Its definition is, " excessively proper: affectedly
correct; prim.. " I don't see anyone describing Gutman having
any of those characteristics. Mark
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