Kevin wrote: All the meanness and carnage of these soulless
wallows comes off more like pornography than noir, at least
to me.
Mark replied: While maybe more prominent, is that really so
new?
************ A long time ago significant content sometimes
had a shocking effect on the reading public. Twain's
Huckleberry Finn for example. After a while, the content
became second string to shock. I saw it in Selby's Last Exit
to Brooklyn and whatever that book I read by William
Burroughs was.
miker
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