Of course, the real problem is that noir only makes sense in a world of social stricture. There has to be that thing people can't say, that direction people won't go. It worked, in the 40s, because it counterbalanced all that WWII can-do hype, and because that period was socially very conservative. (Another WWII "counterpoint" is the way that noir women are all very sexualized, slapped down, and physically helpless, unlike, say, Rosie the Riveter.)
I'm not convinced that noir works, in the present tense. I'm really not convinced it works serially in the same universe. Once you've shattered the dominant culture's pretty picture of itself, what assumptions are there to overturn? If a movie star can be a cheerful murderer, why
can't
the mayor be a pederast and your classmate be a nutbar? All of the shockers stop being existential signposts and become more along the lines of "How can we beat down our hero?"
le nubian - tv guide interview? Link please.
All of the shockers stop being existential signposts and become more along the lines of "How can we beat down our hero?"
Even the stealthy obscene hand gestures?
Quick question: Does anyone know the date of the Neptune High Graduation? I remember the Alterna-Prom invites were dated something round abouts May 13th.
If not, were there any visual cues to the date in last night's episode? I tried to look for the date on the newspaper Veronica's poring over at the beginning, but I couldn't see it.
I don't think Weevil is going to be convicted for murder but for assault and possibly theft.
Didn’t need the fake airborne explosion – I believed Cassiday when he pushed the button
There was a lot of doubt about the explosion upthread, but I loved it. I wouldn't have believed Cassidy otherwise (I mean, he didn't really kill Mac, did he?), and the obvious connection between him pushing the button and the sudden burst of light in the sky just sang to me. It was a visual metaphor not just about that confrontation, but also Cassidy's and Veronica's mental states and the nature of the reveal.
The explosion in the sky seemed kind of cheesy, but in retrospect it was kind of necessary for the scene. Veronica needed to believe her dad was dead, and Beaver just pushing a button wouldn't be enough.
Especially since, up until the explosion, I had assumed since Veronica was unable to reach Keith on his cellphone, the cell reciever hooked up to the bomb wouldn't work either.
I had a "yeah, right, what a coincidence," reaction, at the moment of explosion, but both Kristen and Kyle then earned the entire scene, three times over, and now I'm feeling all protective of it.
