The simple question is this . . . - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T00:49:59Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/the-simple-question-is-this?id=537324%3ATopic%3A278286&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHardboiled pulp mysteries?
tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-23:537324:Comment:2796292011-03-23T07:59:56.815ZJessicahttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Jessica
<p>Hardboiled pulp mysteries?</p>
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<p>Hardboiled pulp mysteries?</p>
<p> </p> I would also add that Vicki H…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-22:537324:Comment:2794872011-03-22T16:37:32.250ZMike Dennishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MikeDennis
I would also add that Vicki Hendricks is a relatively new voice in noir. She's thoroughly original and unflinching in her portrayals of fatally-flawed characters, some of whom are animals!
I would also add that Vicki Hendricks is a relatively new voice in noir. She's thoroughly original and unflinching in her portrayals of fatally-flawed characters, some of whom are animals! I would offer that hard-boile…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-22:537324:Comment:2794632011-03-22T16:36:01.338ZMike Dennishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MikeDennis
<p>I would offer that hard-boiled fiction generally features a "good guy" (Marlowe, Hammer, etc) "solving" a crime. Maybe "solving" could be replaced by "bringing the perps to justice one way or another". Hard-boiled characters usually do a lot of tough talking, both men and women, and they move with great awareness through the violent world that they willingly inhabit. The hard-boiled protagonists are often marked by a certain nobility.</p>
<p>Noir, on the other hand, features characters who…</p>
<p>I would offer that hard-boiled fiction generally features a "good guy" (Marlowe, Hammer, etc) "solving" a crime. Maybe "solving" could be replaced by "bringing the perps to justice one way or another". Hard-boiled characters usually do a lot of tough talking, both men and women, and they move with great awareness through the violent world that they willingly inhabit. The hard-boiled protagonists are often marked by a certain nobility.</p>
<p>Noir, on the other hand, features characters who are far more average, often not criminals in the usual sense, but find themselves ensnared in the backwater of their own bad choices. They're generally doomed (but not always), and they have only themselves to blame. Seldom are they apprehended by law enforcement or private eyes. The world they live in is often just as violent as that of the hard-boiled, but they step into it with blinders on, unaware of the treachery that awaits them.</p> Don't date blondes? Excellent…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-21:537324:Comment:2792272011-03-21T03:23:34.774ZEric Christophersonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
Don't date blondes? Excellent advice given my own personal experiences. Where were you when I was in my twenties?
Don't date blondes? Excellent advice given my own personal experiences. Where were you when I was in my twenties? Yes, right, I.J., weak people…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-21:537324:Comment:2792262011-03-21T03:22:55.808ZEric Christophersonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
Yes, right, I.J., weak people go bad in noir. It's the inability to be strong that leads them to ruin, typically.
Yes, right, I.J., weak people go bad in noir. It's the inability to be strong that leads them to ruin, typically. How about: don't date blondes?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-21:537324:Comment:2792222011-03-21T01:32:19.119ZTanis Mallowhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TanisMallow
How about: don't date blondes?
How about: don't date blondes? Hmm, based on some of the old…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-20:537324:Comment:2791462011-03-20T14:55:39.332ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Hmm, based on some of the old films I've seen, bad things also happen to weak people who aren't necessarily bad. Usually, some evil blonde precipitates the catastrophe. Is there a moral in this?
Hmm, based on some of the old films I've seen, bad things also happen to weak people who aren't necessarily bad. Usually, some evil blonde precipitates the catastrophe. Is there a moral in this? My favorite definition of Noi…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-20:537324:Comment:2789912011-03-20T01:19:08.609ZEric Christophersonhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
My favorite definition of Noir: "Bad things happen to bad people." It's all about character. If they're original characters, then it's not Raymond Chandler fan fiction. Also, I don't think Chandler was truly noir. Marlowe was not himself noir, he was a knight, but he operated in a noir world.
My favorite definition of Noir: "Bad things happen to bad people." It's all about character. If they're original characters, then it's not Raymond Chandler fan fiction. Also, I don't think Chandler was truly noir. Marlowe was not himself noir, he was a knight, but he operated in a noir world. I've always liked this defini…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-19:537324:Comment:2790062011-03-19T22:57:53.143ZJude Hardinhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
I've always liked this definition of noir: Life's a bitch and then you die.
I've always liked this definition of noir: Life's a bitch and then you die. Damn, Terrence, you are quick…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-03-18:537324:Comment:2787302011-03-18T23:46:32.867ZJackBludishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
<p>Damn, Terrence, you are quick. I still have three minutes to edit my response.</p>
<p>Damn, Terrence, you are quick. I still have three minutes to edit my response.</p>