----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Taboada" <
matrxtech@yahoo.com>
> What matters here is the role of the observer as
reader. It
> could be said that, as part of the blanc-noir
separative
> symbiosis, the subject is contextualized into a
prematerial
> paradigm of consensus that includes noir as a
totality.
As you point out, 'it could be said'. I would hope that it's
not being said, since it's clearly nonsense. In coining the
term "White Noir" (a precursor of 'blanc noir'), Duane
Swierczynski pre-empts this very argument in his
dissertation: Ken Bruen: Noir in Blanc and White. I
quote:
"...the whole point is to sicken the soul... then uplift it!
White Noir presses our faces into the gutter... but then
gives us a hug afterward, and tells us everything's going to
be okay."
Clearly, then, the role of observer as reader is inapposite.
What matters is the role of reader as victim.
Al
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