I'd like to refine Miker's definition in that the protagonist
is screwed of his own making. The odds may be stacked against
him, but he still makes the poor moral choice, fails in his
battle against his true nature, etc.
Dave Z.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@y...> wrote:
> Guess it's time for me to pipe up and disagree with
a
> recent idea that has come up about noir. The
concept
> I disagree with is that noir implies we're
all
> screwed. That is not noir. In noir, the
protagonist
> is screwed. Big difference. A big and
really
> significant difference.
>
> miker
>
>
>
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