tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post7325202265080003514..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: Summer Is Coming - New Cocktail "Moon Over Key West"Curtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-19314723540464462042009-06-23T08:32:34.733-07:002009-06-23T08:32:34.733-07:00Yes,
he did "reject it", unaffectedly. ...Yes,<br /><br />he did "reject it", unaffectedly. Do you recall Marlowe's "tearing savagely to pieces" the bed (his own!) in which he finds the client's daughter lying nude ("The Big Sleep"). And why? Because she swore at him in his own room and caused him to tip over a chess piece.<br /><br />And that's why I'd share a drink with Marlowe, noir and fictional as he was, rather than with the living breathing embodiment of "Long and Sluggish Lines".Conrad DiDiodatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-23361851689199371122009-06-23T08:04:59.310-07:002009-06-23T08:04:59.310-07:00Noir was never the height of sophistication. The ...Noir was never the height of sophistication. The typical private eye might have tasted the high life, but he rejected it--he always saw its seamier side, and considered it morally corrupt. <br /><br />Who knows what Sam Spade or Marlowe would have done with their free time? <br /><br />Stevens was a typical Nor'Easter. He vacationed in Florida and basked in its tropical metaphors.<br /><br />I love Chandler. Who wouldn't?Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-58989016319053198152009-06-23T07:46:36.735-07:002009-06-23T07:46:36.735-07:00Curtis,
how about a "Scotch and fizzwater&qu...Curtis,<br /><br />how about a "Scotch and fizzwater" in Philip Marlowe's apartment, after the rich client's naughty daughter suddenly shows up, scantily clad, wondering how papa's case is coming along?<br /><br />You can have your Wallace Stevens: give me Chandler (and a cool summer drink) in Las Olindas, anytime:))Conrad DiDiodatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286noreply@blogger.com