Mark wrote:
> 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-
We have discussed Cormac MacCarthy's "Blood Meridian" in this
context on this list before. Have you read it? Frontier noir,
for my money.
All the Best-
Brian
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