this reminds me of the argument that noir films are
inherently anti-feminist because strong women get killed off
versus the opposing argument that they are such memorable
women that their strengths reverberate beyond the screen.
noir then is anti and pro woman.
--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> JIM DOHERTY wrote:
>
> If someone suggested that the hard-boiled PI
story
> is
> inherently right-wing (and it seems to me there
was
> a
> book about the genre that did just
that)...
>
> ************
> Good post, Jim.
>
> As a matter of fact, hardboiled is almost
> exclusively
> right wing. So says Ruehlmann in Saint With a
Gun.
>
> Also, hardboiled is almost exclusively left
wing.
> So
> says Haut in Pulp Culture.
>
> miker
>
>
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