At 09:39 PM 26/11/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>The original question was, does a book with a
politically progressive
>viewpoint (or any political viewpoint), which would,
absent the
>political agenda, be classified as noir or
hard-boiled (however those
>are defined), automatically become NOT noir or NOT
hard-boiled
>because of the political agenda.
Sorry Jim. Thought you were suggesting that I disagreed with
you on this point. A political agenda does not inherently
negate the possibility of the story being noir. It seems we
agree on that, though for different reasons.
Best, Kerry
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