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Bald Eagle Times #58 Music in WWII To the faithful readers of the Bald Eagles Times: In contrast to the other recently published articles, this is not your typical war story. In fact, it is not even directly related to the war. It is actually a story of the evolution of music leading up to and even throughout the war. Music, it is safe to say, is what kept the nation together. It gave us a fallback which we could all enjoy, regardless of our situation in life, race, or economical status. In…

The musical has gone through many changes in its lifetime. Its has been developed, explored and performed in millions of theatres around the world. But what really are the foundations of the art form itself? All of the three elements are really important, but there is one that stands out and has changed the most. That would be the music. The music has served the musical in many ways. It serves the characters extended feelings of fulfillment and gives the audience something to hum out of the…

day” (Chandler, 3). Right away, we know that Marlowe has a sense of humor. Marlowe’s character relates to readers because sarcasm has become a way of communicating. His tone is sarcastic yet serious. When he speaks to Mrs. Murdock, we also see Marlowe’s thoughts. On the outside, for the most part, he is professional. Mrs. Murdock mentions that she has asthma on more than one occasion. Sarcastically, Marlowe says, “I swung my leg over my knee. I hope that wouldn’t hurt her asthma” (Chandler, 11).…

films we watch. They tend to be strong, moral and exciting characters that men look up to. Therefore, these texts carry a lot of weight in terms of the reflection of society and the male perspective on life. Using the novel The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and the film High Noon directed by Fred Zinnemann, this paper will argue that there are certainly element within the texts that both support and counter the claim that the pervasive American male fantasy is life without women.give the…

The crime drama ‘Heat’ (Mann) tells the story of a criminal, Neil, and a cop, Vincent. One is content, calm, and has a budding love interest. The other is unhappy, brash, and is at the end of his third marriage. In any other movie, the first description would characterize Vincent and the second would represent Neil. ‘Heat’ flips these roles and makes the criminal behave like a cop and the cop act criminal. Michael Mann, the director of ‘Heat’, chooses to portray these characters as opposites to…

"You need to call in Lila." Detective Tom Reilly dropped the photo onto the desk, ran a palm over his buzz-cut scalp, and lifted his deep-blue eyes to stare at his colleague, Jarrod Blair. "I'm not sure, Jarrod," he replied slowly, as he drew his gaze back to the image of a bruised, battered and naked woman that had landed face-up on his wooden desk, located in a office on the second of the Police building in the 96th precinct. The woman whose slim, attractive features, age, long brunette…

The bookshop scene from ‘The Big Sleep’, while devoid of extremely noticeable stylistic noir elements, such as harsh shadows and Dutch camera angles by looking at the mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound elements of noir are revealed. From the beginning of the scene the audience see’s Marlowe walking towards a book store. The cinematography uses elements of deep focus as everything in this wide frame is clearly focused even as Marlowe approaches the bookstore. Looking at the…

Fiction Hard-boiled fiction initially emerged in the pulp magazines, such as the Black Mask, in the late nineteen twenties and early thirties. The genre originated through the writings of Dashiell Hammett and further developed by the work of Raymond Chandler. Hard-boiled fiction is often acclaimed as an icon of American masculinity in modern literature. The conception of masculinity represented by the protagonist in these narratives became popular amongst the writings of American Modernists,…

An easily noticeable example of the hardboiled detective can be seen in Sam Spade, main character in The Maltese Falcon (1941). Sam Spade is seen as this archetype due to his attributes, many of which are consistent with the Noir genre of the time. One such attribute of Spade’s is his ability to reason and think things through. He justifies the means for his actions, which seems meticulously thought out and premeditated. When he meets Mr. Gutman in the room, Sam Spade attempts to take back…

“Private Eye” or tough “Hard-boiled” private investigator detective fiction is the classification most dominated by American writers (Mansfield-Kelly 205). One of the founders and innovators of the private investigator is Dashiell Hammett. And is also “The most influential figure in the structuring of hard-boiled detective fiction,” (Mansfield-Kelly 229). He wrote the first tough-guy detective in “The Gutting of Couffignal”, named Continental OP and wrote The Maltese Falcon (Mansfield-Kelly 229)…