--- "Kerry J. Schooley" <
gsp.schoo@murderoutthere.com> wrote:
He has
> We know that is for a limited
> time, but Spade
> could not be perceived as heroic in any other
world.
> He's screwed
> like the rest of us.
>
I got to go with Jack on this one. Describing Spade as
"screwed" -- with all due respect -- is semantic dancing. For
example, he's not dead, in prison, or insane. Now that's
screwed and I can't speak for Jack but I sense that's what he
means. Spade is a hero as is Philip Marlowe and you can fudge
it all you want but he succeeds and lives and all the bad
puppies have been slapped with the newspaper. Don't get me
wrong. The Maltese Falcon may be the best book of its kind
and is a damn fine book of any kind.
But Spade is a hero no matter what environment he swims in.
All the PIs are. This is elementary, my dear Watson. There's
no getting around it. That is how they function. That they
may be morally or ethically flexible only means that they
aren't saints. They may not be role models but they sure are
heros in the way we understand that term. Frank and Cora from
"Postman" are not heros. It's this simple: One is dead and
the other is off to prison.
That's screwed.
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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