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Black, Black Heart
When Andrew MacRae put out a call for submissions to his noir anthology Black Coffee, he included a link to Peggy Lee’s eponymous song. Up comes a sexy black and white headshot of Peggy Lee circa 1953. Sultry sax plays.
Yes, my heart says, this is noir.
But what is this?
Otto Penzler, in his foreword to The Best American Noir of the Century, writes “noir is not unlike pornography, in the sense that it is virtually impossible to define, but everyone thinks they know it when they see it.”
You know—fedoras, smoky bars, whiskey. Characters who say, “Dollface.” Dark alleys. Brick.
Yet,
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Yes, my heart says, this is noir.
But what is this?
Otto Penzler, in his foreword to The Best American Noir of the Century, writes “noir is not unlike pornography, in the sense that it is virtually impossible to define, but everyone thinks they know it when they see it.”
You know—fedoras, smoky bars, whiskey. Characters who say, “Dollface.” Dark alleys. Brick.
Yet,
(To read more please follow this link to Mysteristas.) https://mysteristas.wordpress.com/201...
