Kerry wrote,
> noir. It is romantic. If they almost save the world
but screw up somewhere
> along the way because mommy didn't love them, or
they took the wrong
> advice, the story is not noir. It is tragic. But if
they fail to save the
> world in such a way as to make it obvious that the
world, humanity, cannot
> be saved from itself, that is noir.
This is in line with something I had been thinking about this
thread.
In tragedy there is a sense of loss. In noir there is not.
The difference here is hope. In a tragedy you can hope for a
better outcome. In noir you can not.
-- Clendon
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