tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post1351806698594940665..comments2012-01-30T16:51:50.201-08:00Comments on Candy and Cigarettes: Truth in Advertising: The Deception of NoirJoe Cliffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00292903377618770678noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-22398149994582397142011-11-22T11:40:47.478-08:002011-11-22T11:40:47.478-08:00@Court: just read Vacuum Man. Fucking awesome. T...@Court: just read Vacuum Man. Fucking awesome. This is why I hang around these sites. No "epiphanies in rainy parking lots"--because life, at least not the one I know, doesn't work that way. Bad people (who want something better but can't quite grasp how to make that happen) and desperate times and rewriting moral codes. Thugs in Thailand. What a trip...Joe Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292903377618770678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-4403076093630455552011-11-22T11:17:57.740-08:002011-11-22T11:17:57.740-08:00I will agree about Uriah Heep. The only redeemabl...I will agree about Uriah Heep. The only redeemable feature of that novel (in my 'umble opinion, as well).Joe Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292903377618770678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-85487381903760724692011-11-22T09:50:20.846-08:002011-11-22T09:50:20.846-08:00If you found David Copperfield to be bad, try watc...If you found David Copperfield to be bad, try watching the movie. I don't know how many versions of the movie are out there, I assume multiple.<br /><br />I am referring specifically to the Oscar nominated version from 1935. Aside from the performance of W.C. Fields, it was practically unwatchable.<br /><br />Although not a fan of the band Uriah Heep, he is one of the better literary villians in my humble opinion. So that is one positive from that book.DSobczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07976339457830712923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-7150965924320704712011-11-22T08:31:34.224-08:002011-11-22T08:31:34.224-08:00I find it amusing that the noir writers, steeped i...I find it amusing that the noir writers, steeped in blood and guts in their own writing, are nearly to a man & woman generous as hell, whereas so many lit writers, steeped in tiny epiphanies in rainy parking lots, are prickly douches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-35122415491876243282011-11-22T08:26:36.796-08:002011-11-22T08:26:36.796-08:00Without a doubt, which is why writing "all or...Without a doubt, which is why writing "all or nothing" posts is sorta pointless. There have been A LOT of lit fic folks who have supported and helped immensely, who are cool and generous, etc. But way more many douches too. I guess it's the pretentious stuff that gets to you (even if the word "pretentious" is, itself, pretentious). But almost across the board, noir writers are just fucking nice as hell.Joe Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292903377618770678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938588970505675187.post-24258886421747851312011-11-22T08:21:31.266-08:002011-11-22T08:21:31.266-08:00I think it not coincidental that I have arrived at...I think it not coincidental that I have arrived at many of the same conclusions as you re: literary fiction / the literary fiction "scene", and that our stories are side by side over at A Twist Of Noir. I second what you say about how supportive the crime & noir folks are. Although I will say there are a few cool people in the lit fic scene - they're just a lot harder to find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com