> Al wrote:
>
> >Noir fiction often (but by no means exclusively)
has a victim or criminal
> >protagonist. Hardboiled fiction often (but by no
means exclusively) has
a
> >detective protagonist.
> >
> >You find out if you write a parody (as I've just
done) that it's
difficult
> >to convince if you write noir from the
detective's viewpoint or
hardboiled
> >from the victim's. It can be done, of course.
But it ceases to be as
> >convincing a parody. At least, that's my
experience.
> Kerry wrote:
> A double inversion. I dig it. Must do the same thing
to a story that a
> double negative does to a sentence. You protest too
much.
The only thing I protest about is the fact that I haven't a
clue what you're on about. Please explain the "double
inversion" and tell me what I'm supposed to be protesting
about. I thought I was pretty much in agreement with Bill,
who stated "the hardboiled world is full of professionals",
ie private investigators (detective protagonists), and "Being
swept up in a noirish nightmare really only happens to
innocents and losers", ie the victim ("innocent") or criminal
("loser") protagonist.
Al
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