tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post5514376765922464669..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: Saturday Night Radio Drama - Raymond Chandler - The Little Sister Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-45061747732434252742017-03-04T19:20:09.638-05:002017-03-04T19:20:09.638-05:00More projection than an IMAX theater.More projection than an IMAX theater.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-46172073597068658502017-03-04T19:07:18.375-05:002017-03-04T19:07:18.375-05:00And I've learned so much about straight guys f...And I've learned so much about straight guys from crackpot gay men like you, Sparkles. You're such experts.<br />😀steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-58248933645068744982017-03-04T19:07:15.348-05:002017-03-04T19:07:15.348-05:00I think the incredible anti-gay content of some of...I think the incredible anti-gay content of some of Chandler's writing mixed with the quite loving detail of describing good looking men and his own history - in so far as that's known leads to the conclusions I and a number of other people have had about him and his hero. <br /><br />I added a quote from Playback to my sidebar recently, I'm hoping to make it my motto in so far as handling trolls, if I can muster the discipline. <br /><br />I read more of the detail on his history of alcoholism which is quite horrific, especially to anyone who watched people drink themselves to death. Even by Hollywood standards he was extreme, especially in his last five or so years. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-25113011681480165462017-03-04T18:55:54.702-05:002017-03-04T18:55:54.702-05:00Apropos of nothing, but I'm always happy to se...Apropos of nothing, but I'm always happy to see something about Chandler, because I consider him one of the great American writers, in my book, for what it's worth, the equal of Mark Twain.<br /><br />On Marlow's sexuality I'm sure I have less than nothing to add. But I've always felt that, if the character had a flaw, it was that, like Hugo's Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, he was impossibly virtuous. HIs incorruptablility (a consequence of his utter contempt for wealth) and his compassion for life's losers has always made him a kind of ideal for me.<br /><br />That's wholly apart from his inimitable style and unique sense of humor. rick allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612435616018593956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-30003645603631927422017-03-04T15:45:24.373-05:002017-03-04T15:45:24.373-05:00"I have to point out that Raymond Chandler wa..."I have to point out that Raymond Chandler was very likely deeply in the<br />closet... I strongly suspect that, if you read between<br />the lines, it's clear Philip Marlowe was trying to pass, maybe to<br />himself and to his author."<br /><br />Oh, absolutely. Fictional character Philip Marlowe was trying to prevent the guy who created him from realizing he was a closeted gay man.<br /><br />I can only imagine what wool the theoretically goyische Batman and Robin were trying to pull over the eyes of Bob Kane, the closeted Jew who created them.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.com