Patrick King wrote:
But why stop there? What about Beowulf or Chaucer, or the
Legend of Gilgamesh. It's obvious to me the Einkido was the
very first noir protagonist that we know of. He predates Cain
by a thousand years!
************* Absolutely. Although the hero's bravado and
confidence in Beowulf might make it more hardboiled than
noir, the dark and sinister mood of noir is still there.
Gilgamesh is pure noir. Innocence corrupted by a scheming
whore, violence fast and bloody, and the enduring angst and
guilt for a lost comrade.
As Charles Willeford wrote, all great literature is
depressing. It don't get no better than the worst.
miker
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