1. I've been reading some Raymond Chandler lately & it clarified something that is maybe obvious to everyone else but had never occurred to me: that pervasive police corruption was a necessary precondition for creation of hard-boiled detective novel as a genre.
-
-
8. The Mystery Man genre (the Shadow, the Phantom, the Spider etc.) has deep roots but started flourishing again in 1930s, for same reason as hard-boiled detective & G-Men. Add some science fiction to mix & you get the superhero.https://twitter.com/KurtBusiek/status/1304976226587521030 …
Show this thread -
9. So: the police legitimacy crisis of 1920/1930s created a raft of genres from hard-boiled detective to superhero. I suppose the question is whether the current crisis will create new genres or cause these older ones to return to their origins.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
The Untouchables seems like the capstone for this genre.
- End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
It was all hooey. Hoover’s college boys WERE wet-behind-the-ears punks who didn’t know police work, and the way they finally beat the 1930s bank robbers was by torture, illegal wiretaps, and cold-blooded executions.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Is it really forgotten? I think the idea of the out-of-town detective who's immune to the corruption of the local community still has power, esp. through Twin Peaks and its progeny (shows like Broadchurch, video games like Deadly Premonition, etc.)
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Curiosity: how would you classify X-Files? A distorted echo of a forgotten genre?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
I was a Junior G-Man.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
We occasionally get this with mindhunters, hannibal etc
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.