----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sullivan" <
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> I really like your idea about a classification
system of fictional
> violence. Out of curiosity, where would you place
Crumley? I always
> thought he was one of the best at writing
firefights, especially in his
> masterpiece Last Good Kiss.
That's the only Crumley I've read and, from what I recall,
I'd place it in the category of comedy violence. From what I
remember, a redneck blows off his own foot, Trahearne (?)
gets shot in the buttock and there's a scene with an
axe-weilding madwoman. I like this sort of thing, don't get
me wrong, and Crumley does it brilliantly. Christopher
Brookmyre also does it very well. But I don't think (from
what I've read) that either writer portrays violence
realistically. Most of us are not lucky enough to experience
violence through a comedy filter. Fictional violence has to
scare me to seem real. If it's amusing, I'm inclined to
believe it's been sanitized for public consumption. Just my
take on it, Mark, since you asked.
Al
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