Comments on: Raymond Chandler http://blog.founddrama.net/2007/06/raymond-chandler/ getOblique(); Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:05:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: found_drama http://blog.founddrama.net/2007/06/raymond-chandler/comment-page-1/#comment-40910 found_drama Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:44:11 +0000 http://blog.founddrama.net/2007/06/raymond-chandler/#comment-40910 Hmm... Moralist, eh? I'm not so sure about all that -- too quick on the violence, too free with the booze for that. But that's just one man's opinion, I suppose. As for Spade: genuous or not, if the character had the speech in him... Well, that's enough for me. Hmm… Moralist, eh? I’m not so sure about all that — too quick on the violence, too free with the booze for that. But that’s just one man’s opinion, I suppose.

As for Spade: genuous or not, if the character had the speech in him… Well, that’s enough for me.

]]> By: John http://blog.founddrama.net/2007/06/raymond-chandler/comment-page-1/#comment-40882 John Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:30:05 +0000 http://blog.founddrama.net/2007/06/raymond-chandler/#comment-40882 The Chandler/Gibson comparison was meant more stylistically than anything else. Though I do like your assessment of Marlowe and Case. I always thought of Marlowe as a teeth clenched moralist rather than a pragmatist. As for Spade, I've never been entirely sure that the romantic speech he gives at the end of Maltese Falcon is entirely genuous. The Chandler/Gibson comparison was meant more stylistically than anything else. Though I do like your assessment of Marlowe and Case.

I always thought of Marlowe as a teeth clenched moralist rather than a pragmatist.

As for Spade, I’ve never been entirely sure that the romantic speech he gives at the end of Maltese Falcon is entirely genuous.

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