Kerry wrote:
"Westerns too, assume evil (if at all) is a function of
geography, though they quickly move beyond that."
I haven't read many (hardly any) westerns, but going by the
movies, evil in westerns is embodied in the civilization that
is encroaching upon the open spaces of the frontier
(geography), bringing with it all of civilization's
corruption. Hardboiled and noir are (often) set within that
corruption that has become inescapable after the open spaces
had been paved over.
Mark
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